Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

Quote by William Faulkner

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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...

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...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

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.

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.

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

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

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

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...

A gentleman can live through anything.

A gentleman can live through anything.

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

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

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

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...