William Faulkner ( 10 of 13 )
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.
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid read more
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in read more
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.
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the read more
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.
A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, read more
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.
