All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
WILLIAM FAULKNERShe was the captain of her soul
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.
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War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.
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You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.
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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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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
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Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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Yes. A man will talk about how he’d like to escape from living folks. But it’s the dead folks that do him the damage. It’s the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.
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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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Haunted by wrong turns and roads not taken, we pursue images perceived as new but whose providence dates to the dim dramas of childhood, which are themselves but ripples of consequence echoing down the generations.
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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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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why.
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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.
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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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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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