The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail

Quote by William Faulkner

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It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

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

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

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

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.

A gentleman can live through anything.

A gentleman can live through anything.

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in...

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop...

Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.