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She was the captain of her soul

William Faulkner

A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Day Fire Man Misfortune One Sum Them Think
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Aid Anything Help Need Nothing Pride Religion When Realize
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. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Artist Beg Choose Creature Demon Done Driven Everybody Steal Wonder Work
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Could Do Except Just Know Knowmobidy Me Much Not So You
One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat…nor make love for eight hours…
WILLIAM FAULKNER

After Day Do Eat Eight Hour Love Man One Sad Thing Work
No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual’s individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Agree Behaviour Being Christianity Code Follow Human Individual Mena Nature No One Word
If there is a God what the hell is He for?
WILLIAM FAULKNER

For God Hell
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 FAULKNER

All Base Dream Fail Failure Impossible Match Perfection Rate Us
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Children Color Country Culture Desperate Matter Murder Probably Reach Reason Survive
She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Accept Capacity Give Love Shem Bore
Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday’s omissions and regrets.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Long Night Nothing Omisison One Regret Sleppeless Tomorrow Wrest
So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Afraid Against Compassion Greed Honesty Injustice Lie never Raise Truth Voice
If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Change Do Earth If Over People World
I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Act Believe Courage Decency Demand Great Help Know Meet Problem Respect Self
It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Began Now Over See Tomorrow Until Yesterday
I don’t want money badly enough to work for it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Badly Enough Money Want Work

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