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

Quote by William Faulkner

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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...

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...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

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 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...

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible

If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,...

If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,...