It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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...

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept...

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept...

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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...

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...

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...

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man

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...

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

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

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

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...

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.

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...