I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
WILLIAM FAULKNERTomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.
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The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement.
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I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try until it comes right.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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If a story is in you, it has to come out.
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It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.
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Civilization begins with distillation
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Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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How false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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