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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

William Faulkner

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It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
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Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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You get born and you try this and you don’t know why, only you keep on trying it and you are born at the same time with a lot of other people.
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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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She was the captain of her soul
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Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
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Better Bother Just Other Try Yourself
If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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For God Hell
The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
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Best Fiction Journalism More True
It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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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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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself; it is the man who all his life has been selfconvicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.
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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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Artists do; I don’t mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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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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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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