• Authors (A)
  • Authors (B)
  • Authors (C)
  • Authors (D)
  • Authors (E)
  • Authors (F)
  • Authors (G)
  • Authors (H)
  • Authors (I)
  • Authors (J)
  • Authors (K)
  • Authors (L)
  • Authors (M)
  • Authors (N)
  • Authors (O)
  • Authors (P)
  • Authors (Q)
  • Authors (R)
  • Authors (S)
  • Authors (T)
  • Authors (U)
  • Authors (V)
  • Authors (W)
  • Authors (X)
  • Authors (Y)
  • Authors (Z)
  • Quotes & Sayings
  • Topics
Quotes
Poems
Proverbs
Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
  • Quotes & Sayings
  • Quotes by Topics
  • People Quotes
  • Time Quotes
  • Life Quotes
  • Education Quotes
No Result
View All Result
  • Quotes & Sayings
  • Quotes by Topics
  • People Quotes
  • Time Quotes
  • Life Quotes
  • Education Quotes
No Result
View All Result
Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings
No Result
View All Result

Home Quotes & Sayings William Faulkner Quotes (About Light)

William Faulkner Quotes: The sun, an hour above the horizon, is…

The sun, an hour above the horizon, is poised like a bloody egg upon a crest of thunderheads; the light has turned copper: in the eye portentous, in the nose sulphurous, smelling of lightning.

("As I Lay Dying")

More Quotes from William Faulkner:

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

A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
William Faulkner

I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing.
William Faulkner

Surely heaven must have something of the color and shape of whatever village or hill or cottage of which the believer says, This is my own.
William Faulkner

She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love.
William Faulkner

Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature.
William Faulkner

Browse All: William Faulkner Quotations

Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:

Based on Topics: Light Quotes

Based on Keywords: portentous, sulphurous, thunderheads

It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Robert Walpole

It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.
Robert Collier

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!
Harvey Fierstein

Tags: Light QuotesportentoussulphurousthunderheadsWilliam Faulkner QuotesWilliam Faulkner Quotes on LightWilliam Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" Quotes
Previous Post

Vladimir Nabokov Quotes: I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something...

Related Posts

William Faulkner Quotes: When the switch fell I could feel it…

William Faulkner Quotes: She has no mother because fatherblood hates with…

William Faulkner Quotes: I am not one of those women who…

William Faulkner Quotes: The arrow increased without motion, then in a…

William Faulkner Quotes: And even a liar can be scared into…

William Faulkner Quotes: She is like all the rest of them….

William Faulkner Quotes: I could smell the curves of the river…

William Faulkner Quotes: The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might…

William Faulkner Quotes: I, the dreamer clinging yet to the dream…

William Faulkner Quotes: And I reckon them that are good must…

Authors (by First Name)

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Popular Topics

Life Quotes - Love Quotes - Happiness Quotes - Success Quotes - Friendship Quotes - Motivational Quotes - Inspirational Quotes - Proverbs
View All Topics

Other Inspiring Sections

Inspirational Stories - Poems
Welcome to Inspirational Stories, we believe in holding yourself together, accepting life, and making the inspired decisions that change the horizons of their life. This podium is developed for the people who want to gift compassion and empathy to the people who have been given nothing in their life and making them rise above those times. Read more.
  • Authors (A)
  • Authors (B)
  • Authors (C)
  • Authors (D)
  • Authors (E)
  • Authors (F)
  • Authors (G)
  • Authors (H)
  • Authors (I)
  • Authors (J)
  • Authors (K)
  • Authors (L)
  • Authors (M)
  • Authors (N)
  • Authors (O)
  • Authors (P)
  • Authors (Q)
  • Authors (R)
  • Authors (S)
  • Authors (T)
  • Authors (U)
  • Authors (V)
  • Authors (W)
  • Authors (X)
  • Authors (Y)
  • Authors (Z)
  • Quotes & Sayings
  • Topics

© 2020 Inspirational Stories

No Result
View All Result
  • Quotes & Sayings
  • Quotes by Topics
  • People Quotes
  • Time Quotes
  • Life Quotes
  • Education Quotes

© 2020 Inspirational Stories

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In