William Faulkner Quotes
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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
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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.
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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.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.
| Name | William Faulkner |
| Height | 5' 5?" (166 cm) |
| Date of Birth | September 25, 1897 |
| Birthplace | New Albany, MS |
| Died | July 6, 1962 (Aged 65) |
| Location of Death | Wright's Sanatorium, Byhalia, MS |
| Cause of Death | Heart Failure |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Author |
| Category | American Author |
