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Results of search for Author: William Faulkner - Page 1 of 1
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Results from Cole's Quotables:

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

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 (1897 - 1962)
Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

Results from Poor Man's College:

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

Results from Internet Collections: 20th Century Quotations:

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

Don't try to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.: William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

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