William Faulkner Quotes, Thoughts and images

Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid.

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a workstation….

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

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

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

Wonder. Go on and wonder.

Pouring out liquor is like burning books.

It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

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

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.

The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself

No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.

Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

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

If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

Try to be better than yourself.

Our most treasured family heirloom is our sweet family memories. The past is never dead, it is not even past.

A mule will labour ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

If there is a God what the hell is He for?

A gentleman accepts the responsibility for his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.