A gentleman can live through anything.

Quote by William Faulkner

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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

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

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

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...

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 artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

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 would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

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 decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of...

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

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...

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...

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...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

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.

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books... Perhaps it could not live anywhere...

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,...