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William Faulkner Quotes

The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know it is true Picture Quote #1

They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words Picture Quote #1

... only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while Picture Quote #1

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting Picture Quote #1

She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love Picture Quote #1

That’s sad too, people cannot do anything that dreadful they cannot do anything very dreadful at all they cannot even remember tomorrow what seemed dreadful today Picture Quote #1

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Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long Picture Quote #1

That’s the one trouble with this country: everything, weather, all, hangs on too long. Like our rivers, our land: opaque, slow, violent; shaping and creating the life of man in its implacable and brooding image Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie Picture Quote #1

Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too Picture Quote #1

I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice Picture Quote #1

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There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others 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

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it Picture Quote #1

Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past Picture Quote #1

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don’t Picture Quote #1

We could live like counts... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the side and put the novel off Picture Quote #1

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I don’t care much for facts, am not much interested in them, you can’t stand a fact up, you’ve got to prop it up, and when you move to one side a little and look at it from that angle, it’s not thick enough to cast a shadow in that direction Picture Quote #1

I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it Picture Quote #1

I’ve got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil Picture Quote #1

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done Picture Quote #1

Man the sum of what have you. A problem in impure properties carried tediously to an unvarying nil: stalemate of dust and desire Picture Quote #1

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost Picture Quote #1

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It’s the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there’s always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do Picture Quote #1

A fellow gets to thinking. About all the sorrow and afflictions in this world; how it’s liable to strike anywhere, like lightning Picture Quote #1

I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail... because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance Picture Quote #1

The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was another cunning stroke on the part of the foe, the fresh battle toward which he was carrying ancient wounds Picture Quote #1

We must just stay awake and see evil done for a little while it’s not always Picture Quote #1

The only rule I have is to quit while it’s still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when it’s going good. Then it’s easier to take it up again. If you exhaust yourself, then you’ll get into a dead spell and you’ll have trouble with it Picture Quote #1

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The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know it is true (William Faulkner Quotes) They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words (William Faulkner Quotes) ... only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while (William Faulkner Quotes) Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting (William Faulkner Quotes) She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love (William Faulkner Quotes) That’s sad too, people cannot do anything that dreadful they cannot do anything very dreadful at all they cannot even remember tomorrow what seemed dreadful today (William Faulkner Quotes) Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long (William Faulkner Quotes) That’s the one trouble with this country: everything, weather, all, hangs on too long. Like our rivers, our land: opaque, slow, violent; shaping and creating the life of man in its implacable and brooding image (William Faulkner Quotes) 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 (William Faulkner Quotes) And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie (William Faulkner Quotes) Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too (William Faulkner Quotes) I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice (William Faulkner Quotes) There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others (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) We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it (William Faulkner Quotes) Our most treasured family heirloom are our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past (William Faulkner Quotes) The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don’t (William Faulkner Quotes) We could live like counts... If all that money is out there, I might as well hack a little on the side and put the novel off (William Faulkner Quotes) I don’t care much for facts, am not much interested in them, you can’t stand a fact up, you’ve got to prop it up, and when you move to one side a little and look at it from that angle, it’s not thick enough to cast a shadow in that direction (William Faulkner Quotes) I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long enough to exhaust it (William Faulkner Quotes) I’ve got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil (William Faulkner Quotes) An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done (William Faulkner Quotes) Man the sum of what have you. A problem in impure properties carried tediously to an unvarying nil: stalemate of dust and desire (William Faulkner Quotes) The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost (William Faulkner Quotes) It’s the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there’s always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do (William Faulkner Quotes) A fellow gets to thinking. About all the sorrow and afflictions in this world; how it’s liable to strike anywhere, like lightning (William Faulkner Quotes) I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail... because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance (William Faulkner Quotes) The air brightened, the running shadow patches were now the obverse, and it seemed to him that the fact that the day was clearing was another cunning stroke on the part of the foe, the fresh battle toward which he was carrying ancient wounds (William Faulkner Quotes) We must just stay awake and see evil done for a little while it’s not always (William Faulkner Quotes) The only rule I have is to quit while it’s still hot. Never write yourself out. Always quit when it’s going good. Then it’s easier to take it up again. If you exhaust yourself, then you’ll get into a dead spell and you’ll have trouble with it (William Faulkner Quotes)

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