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.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

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...

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...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

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

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

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

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...

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 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...

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in...

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth...