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William Faulkner Quotes

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I’d choose grief Picture Quote #1

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones Picture Quote #1

The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not even past Picture Quote #1

Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say Picture Quote #1

My mother is a fish Picture Quote #1

The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn’t have needed anyone since Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It’s always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. That had no sister Picture Quote #1

I don’t hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I don’t hate it! I don’t hate it! Picture Quote #1

And we’d sit in the dry leaves that whispered a little with the slow respiration of our waiting and with the slow breathing of the earth and the windless october, the rank smell of the lantern fouling the brittle air, listening to the dog and the echo of louis’ voice dying away Picture Quote #1

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar Picture Quote #1

Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura Picture Quote #1

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It wasn’t until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn’t understand my books, but they could understand $30,000 Picture Quote #1

Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico Picture Quote #1

So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey Picture Quote #1

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools Picture Quote #1

Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree Picture Quote #1

In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it’s an excuse for a form of behavior Picture Quote #1

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And when I think about that, I think that if nothing but being married will help a man, he’s durn nigh hopeless Picture Quote #1

My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company’s good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write Picture Quote #1

Let the past abolish the past when -- and if -- it can substitute something better Picture Quote #1

Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life Picture Quote #1

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Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster’s skull, in the beholder’s eye as a spotlight would, in all its individual planes and angles. So peculiarly individual was its shape that at first glance the hat appeared to be on the head of someone standing immediately behind Luster Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The artist is still a little like the old court jester. He’s supposed to speak his vicious paradoxes with some sense in them, but he isn’t part of whatever the fabric is that makes a nation Picture Quote #1

I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day Picture Quote #1

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time Picture Quote #1

The writer doesn’t need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper Picture Quote #1

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Given a choice between grief and nothing, I’d choose grief (William Faulkner Quotes) The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones (William Faulkner Quotes) The past is not dead. In fact, it’s not even past (William Faulkner Quotes) Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say (William Faulkner Quotes) My mother is a fish (William Faulkner Quotes) The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn’t have needed anyone since (William Faulkner Quotes) 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 Quotes) It’s always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. That had no sister (William Faulkner Quotes) I don’t hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I don’t hate it! I don’t hate it! (William Faulkner Quotes) And we’d sit in the dry leaves that whispered a little with the slow respiration of our waiting and with the slow breathing of the earth and the windless october, the rank smell of the lantern fouling the brittle air, listening to the dog and the echo of louis’ voice dying away (William Faulkner Quotes) Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar (William Faulkner Quotes) Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura (William Faulkner Quotes) It wasn’t until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn’t understand my books, but they could understand $30,000 (William Faulkner Quotes) Mississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico (William Faulkner Quotes) So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey (William Faulkner Quotes) No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. (William Faulkner Quotes) Every man has a different idea of what’s beautiful, and it’s best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree. (William Faulkner Quotes) In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it’s an excuse for a form of behavior. (William Faulkner Quotes) And when I think about that, I think that if nothing but being married will help a man, he’s durn nigh hopeless. (William Faulkner Quotes) My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company’s good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write. (William Faulkner Quotes) Let the past abolish the past when -- and if -- it can substitute something better (William Faulkner Quotes) Don’t bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. (William Faulkner Quotes) 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 Quotes) ...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life. (William Faulkner Quotes) Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster’s skull, in the beholder’s eye as a spotlight would, in all its individual planes and angles. So peculiarly individual was its shape that at first glance the hat appeared to be on the head of someone standing immediately behind Luster. (William Faulkner Quotes) 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. (William Faulkner Quotes) The artist is still a little like the old court jester. He’s supposed to speak his vicious paradoxes with some sense in them, but he isn’t part of whatever the fabric is that makes a nation. (William Faulkner Quotes) I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o’clock every day. (William Faulkner Quotes) I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. (William Faulkner Quotes) The writer doesn’t need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper. (William Faulkner Quotes)

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