People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
WILLIAM FAULKNERUnless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest
More William Faulkner Quotes
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I’d have wasted a lot of time and trouble before I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they are, then leave them alone.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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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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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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People need trouble – a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.
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She was the captain of her soul
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So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.
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Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame.
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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.
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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
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He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph.
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My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.
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Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.
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