Life is motion, and motion is concerned with what makes man move — which is ambition, power, pleasure.
~ William Faulkner

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Between grief and nothing I will take grief.
~ William Faulkner

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The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
~ William Faulkner

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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
~ William Faulkner

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Clocks slay time. Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
~ William Faulkner

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If I had not existed, someone else would have written me.
~ William Faulkner

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By temperament I’m a vagabond and a tramp.
~ William Faulkner

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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
~ William Faulkner

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