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William Styron Quotes

Her thought process dwindled, ceased. Then she felt her legs crumple. I can’t choose! I can’t choose! Picture Quote #1

My life and work have been far from free of blemish, and so I think it would be unpardonable for a biographer not to dish up the dirt Picture Quote #1

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever Picture Quote #1

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil Picture Quote #1

I felt myself no longer a husk but a body with some of the body’s sweet juices stirring again. I had my first dream in many months, confused but to this day imperishable, with a flute in it somewhere, and a wild goose, and a dancing girl Picture Quote #1

I’m simply the happiest, the placidest, when I’m writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer... It’s fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time Picture Quote #1

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I thought there’s something to be said for honor in this world where there doesn’t seem to be any honor left. I thought that maybe happiness wasn’t really anything more than the knowledge of a life well spent, in spite of whatever immediate discomfort you had to undergo, and that if a life well spent meant compromises and conciliations and reconciliations, and suffering at the hands of the person you love, well then better that than live without honor Picture Quote #1

Which is worse, past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink Picture Quote #1

The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one’s bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes Picture Quote #1

I have learned to cry again and I think perhaps that means I am a human being again. Perhaps that at least. A piece of human being but, yes, a human being Picture Quote #1

When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer Picture Quote #1

I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire Picture Quote #1

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My brain had begun to endure its familiar siege: panic and dislocation, and a sense that my thought processes were being engulfed by a toxic and unnameable tide that obliterated any enjoyable response to the living world Picture Quote #1

The mornings themselves were becoming bad now as I wandered about lethargic, following my synthetic sleep, but afternoons were still the worst, beginning at about three o’clock, when I’d feel the horror, like some poisonous fog bank roll in upon my mind, forcing me into bed Picture Quote #1

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis Picture Quote #1

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Her thought process dwindled, ceased. Then she felt her legs crumple. I can’t choose! I can’t choose! (William Styron Quotes) My life and work have been far from free of blemish, and so I think it would be unpardonable for a biographer not to dish up the dirt (William Styron Quotes) Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever (William Styron Quotes) I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil (William Styron Quotes) I felt myself no longer a husk but a body with some of the body’s sweet juices stirring again. I had my first dream in many months, confused but to this day imperishable, with a flute in it somewhere, and a wild goose, and a dancing girl (William Styron Quotes) I’m simply the happiest, the placidest, when I’m writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer... It’s fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time (William Styron Quotes) I thought there’s something to be said for honor in this world where there doesn’t seem to be any honor left. I thought that maybe happiness wasn’t really anything more than the knowledge of a life well spent, in spite of whatever immediate discomfort you had to undergo, and that if a life well spent meant compromises and conciliations and reconciliations, and suffering at the hands of the person you love, well then better that than live without honor (William Styron Quotes) Which is worse, past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink (William Styron Quotes) The pain is unrelenting; one does not abandon, even briefly, one’s bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes (William Styron Quotes) I have learned to cry again and I think perhaps that means I am a human being again. Perhaps that at least. A piece of human being but, yes, a human being (William Styron Quotes) When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer (William Styron Quotes) I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire (William Styron Quotes) My brain had begun to endure its familiar siege: panic and dislocation, and a sense that my thought processes were being engulfed by a toxic and unnameable tide that obliterated any enjoyable response to the living world (William Styron Quotes) The mornings themselves were becoming bad now as I wandered about lethargic, following my synthetic sleep, but afternoons were still the worst, beginning at about three o’clock, when I’d feel the horror, like some poisonous fog bank roll in upon my mind, forcing me into bed (William Styron Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis (William Styron Quotes)

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