We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.
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Whatever its symbol – cross or crescent or whatever – that symbol is man’s reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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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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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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If we in America have reached that point in our desperate culture when we must murder children, no matter for what reason or what color, we don’t deserve to survive, and probably won’t.
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was – only is.
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