William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
WikipediaWilliam Faulkner Quotes (6)
"Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest."
View quote details →"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it."
View quote details →"A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences."
View quote details →"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
View quote details →"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
View quote details →"Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely."
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