I think that no one individual can look at truth. It blinds you. You look at it and you see one phase of it.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThe best fiction is far more true than any journalism.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain’t got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.
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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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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.
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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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A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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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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The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.
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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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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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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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