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

William Faulkner

It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Die End Go How Make One People Place Take Two Word
It seems hard that a man in his need could be so flouted by a road.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Flouted Hard Man Need Road Seem
It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Day Drink Eat Eight Hour Make Man One Shame 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
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Damage Dead Escape Folk Hold Lay Live Man One Quiet Talk Yes
A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Accept Action Bear Burden Consequences Gentlemen Responsibility
I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Being Country Left Like Love Meddle People Person Snob Time
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

All Another Except Have Know Mix Same String Try Way
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.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Bad Better Booze Fifty Fool Happen Man Other Some Such Thing Until Whiskey
I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Clock Day Every Feel Fortunately Inspiration Only Strick Ten Write
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Better Bother Contemporaries Predecessor Try Yourself
Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Anywhere Book Else Live Love Perhaps Put Right
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Fortune His Man Sum
I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Battle Breath Conquer Ever Fought Give Moment Remember Spend Time Try Won
We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Afraid Be Ourselves Start Teach
I say money has no value; it’s just the way you spend it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Justmw Ay Money Say Spend Value

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