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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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...

Perhaps they were right in putting love into books, . . . Perhaps it could...

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

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

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...

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him...

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of...

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...

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 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 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...

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.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.