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T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it."

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do."

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.




T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."

The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy."

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.




T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next."

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "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."

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.




T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time."

...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice."

Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself."

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail."

Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else."

Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.




T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality."

There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others."

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "It is assumed that anyone who makes a million dollars has a unique gift, though he might have made it off some useless gadget."

It is assumed that anyone who makes a million dollars has a unique gift, though he might have made it off some useless gadget.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Only when the clock stops does time come to life"

Only when the clock stops does time come to life



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you."

I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life."

...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid."

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all."

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors."

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost."

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it."

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart."

It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others."

There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words."

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "If a story is in you, it has to come out."

If a story is in you, it has to come out.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice."

I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them."

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good."

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything really good.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself"

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home."

How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction."

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews."

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it."

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing."

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth."

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree."

Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need."

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory."

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



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me."

When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow."

There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar."

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it."

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it."

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "I knew that nobody but a luckless man could ever need a doctor in the face of a cyclone."

I knew that nobody but a luckless man could ever need a doctor in the face of a cyclone.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid."

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you — religion, pride, anything — it's when you realize that you don't need any aid.



T.T. Faulkner Quotes: "Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it."

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.