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William Faulkner Quotes: That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.
         

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.


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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.



Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.



To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.



Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest



We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.



Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.



Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.

Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.



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.

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.



Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.



To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.





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If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

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Red-hot anger takes away a lot of the heartache.

Red-hot anger takes away a lot of the heartache.



The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.



Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen.

Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen.



There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. Your thought, even a bad one, while it is with you, is always more profound, but in words it is more ridiculous and dishonorable.

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words. Your thought, even a bad one, while it is with you, is always more profound, but in words it is more ridiculous and dishonorable.



To this day, The Duke and I remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.

To this day, The Duke and I remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.



Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life.

Fairly cheap home computing was what changed my life.



In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.



I'm not as snarky as I used to be.

I'm not as snarky as I used to be.




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