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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself

William Faulkner

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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Bus Desk Station Stop Train Work
Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you
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Before Cringe Feminine Like Override Success Woman
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
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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Fortune His Man Sum
All l mixed up with them, like trying to, having to, move your arms and legs with strings, only the same strings are hitched to all the other arms and legs and the others all trying and they don’t know why either except that the strings are all in one another’s way.
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All Another Except Have Know Mix Same String Try Way
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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Chronic Deceive Himself Liar Lie Only Practical Quickest Say Selfconvicted Veracity
Don’t do what you can do – try what you can’t do.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Cam Do Not What You
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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Aid Anything Help Need Nothing Pride Religion When Realize
The next time you try to seduce anyone, don’t do it with talk, with words.
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Anyone Next Seduce Talk Time Try With Word
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Always Can Cream Do Higher Know Shoot You
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
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.
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Afraid Against Compassion Greed Honesty Lie never Raise Truth
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.
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Children Color Country Culture Desperate Matter Murder Probably Reach Reason Survive
Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on the other white is white, has now become an angle, a point of view.
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Angel Black Clean Line Long Shine Simple Straight Truth Unchallengable Underibale View White
She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love.
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Accept Capacity Give Love Shem Bore
Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.
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Dead Life Long Prepare Process Time

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