Good ones don’t have time to bother with success or getting rich.
WILLIAM FAULKNERThere 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.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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Love doesn’t die; the men and women do.
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Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
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Be scared. You can’t help that. But don’t be afraid.
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I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Wonder. Go on and wonder.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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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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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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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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The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error.
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And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.
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