Quotes by : William Faulkner

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.

The American really loves nothing but his automobile: not his wife his child nor his country nor even....

At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the....

What matters is at the end of life, when you're about to pass into oblivion, that you've at least scratched....

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are....

I reckon it does take a powerful trust in the Lord to guard a fellow, though sometimes I think that Cora’s....

Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.

We have a few old mouth-to-mouth tales; we exhume from old trunks and boxes and drawers letters without....

Most of life is just a preparation for getting ready to be dead for a very long period of time.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.....