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William Faulkner Quotes: He thought that it was loneliness which he…

He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one place was the same as another to him. But in none of them could he be quiet. But the street ran on in its moods and phases, always empty: he might have seen himself as in numberless avatars, in silence, doomed with motion, driven by the courage of flagged and spurred despair; by the despair of courage whose opportunities had to be flagged and spurred.

("Light in August")

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Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
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Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.
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The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.
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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.
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Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
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Landlord of a bordello The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write.
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By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.
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