A gentleman can live through anything.

Quote by William Faulkner

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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

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.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the...

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

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

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

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...

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...

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

I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

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

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