The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it

Quote by William Faulkner

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Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.

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...

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

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...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is not dead. In fact, 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...

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

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

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...

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...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

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...

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...

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...

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...