If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

Quote by William Faulkner

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

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

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

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

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on...

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.

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...

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

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 man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

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...

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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

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