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title: "26 Long Quotes By William Faulkner"
description: "26 Long quotes by William Faulkner. Plus more from William Faulkner and more Long sayings from other authors."
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> [...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-reason-for-living-was-to-get-ready-to-stay-dead-a-long-time/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/even-sound-seemed-to-fail-in-this-air-like-the-air-was-worn-out-with/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Tomorrow night is nothing but one long sleepless wrestle with yesterday's omissions and regrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/tomorrow-night-is-nothing-but-one-long-sleepless-wrestle-with-2/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Marriage is long enough to have plenty of room for time behind it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/marriage-is-long-enough-to-have-plenty-of-room-for-time-behind-it/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [To the man grown the long crowded mile of his boyhood becomes less than the throw of a stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/to-the-man-grown-the-long-crowded-mile-of-his-boyhood-becomes-less/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/and-sure-enough-even-waiting-will-end-if-you-can-just-wait-long-enough/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/life-is-a-process-of-preparing-to-be-dead-for-a-long-time/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/so-long-as-the-deceit-ran-along-quiet-and-monotonous-all-of-us-let/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-begins-with-a-character-usually-and-once-he-stands-up-on-his-feet/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Truth; that long clean clear simple undeniable unchallengeable straight and shining line, on one side of which black is black and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/truth-that-long-clean-clear-simple-undeniable-unchallengeable/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [I discovered that my own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about and that I would never live long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-discovered-that-my-own-little-postage-stamp-of-native-soil-was/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [That's the one trouble with this country: everything, weather, all, hangs on too long. Like our rivers, our land: opaque, slow, violent;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/that-s-the-one-trouble-with-this-country-everything-weather-all-hangs/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [And I will look down and see my murmuring bones and the deep water like wind, like a roof of wind, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/and-i-will-look-down-and-see-my-murmuring-bones-and-the-deep-water/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/a-dream-is-not-a-very-safe-thing-to-be-near-i-know-i-had-one-once-it/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [I don't suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or a clock. You don't have to. You can be oblivious to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-don-t-suppose-anybody-ever-deliberately-listens-to-a-watch-or-a/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> […I seemed to be lying neither asleep nor awake looking down a long corridor of gray half light where all stable things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-seemed-to-be-lying-neither-asleep-nor-awake-looking-down-a-long/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/when-something-is-new-and-hard-and-bright-there-ought-to-be-something/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Where the shadow of the bridge fell I could see down for a long way, but not as far as the bottom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/where-the-shadow-of-the-bridge-fell-i-could-see-down-for-a-long-way/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/as-long-as-i-live-under-the-capitalistic-system-i-expect-to-have-my/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-could-smell-the-curves-of-the-river-beyond-the-dusk-and-i-saw-the/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/our-tragedy-today-is-a-general-and-universal-physical-fear-so-long/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they dont really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/when-grown-people-speak-of-the-innocence-of-children-they-dont-really/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [The past is never dead. It's not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-past-is-never-dead-it-s-not-even-past-all-of-us-labor-in-webs/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [It has always seemed to me that the only painless death must be that which takes the intelligence by violent surprise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-has-always-seemed-to-me-that-the-only-painless-death-must-be-that/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/he-had-a-word-too-love-he-called-it-but-i-had-been-used-to-words-for-2/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [I imagine as long as people will continue to read novels, people will continue to write them, or vice versa; unless of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-imagine-as-long-as-people-will-continue-to-read-novels-people-will/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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## Other authors on Long

## More by William Faulkner

> [“The river itself is not a hundred yards across, and pa and Vernon and Vardaman and Dewey Dell are the only things in sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-river-itself-is-not-a-hundred-yards-across-and-pa-and-vernon-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-quality-an-artist-must-have-is-objectivity-in-judging-his-work/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“Luster returned, wearing a stiff new straw hat with a colored band and carrying a cloth cap. The hat seemed to isolate Luster's skull,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/luster-returned-wearing-a-stiff-new-straw-hat-with-a-colored-band-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-is-easy-enough-to-say-that-man-is-immortal-simply-because-he-will/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“What matters is at the end of life, when you're about to pass into oblivion, that you've at least scratched 'Kilroy was here,' on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-matters-is-at-the-end-of-life-when-you-re-about-to-pass-into/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-ve-got-to-feel-the-pencil-and-see-the-words-at-the-end-of-the-pencil/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/and-sure-enough-even-waiting-will-end-if-you-can-just-wait-long-enough/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/i-believe-that-man-will-not-merely-endure-he-will-prevail-he-is/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/never-be-afraid-to-raise-your-voice-for-honesty-and-truth-and/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/to-understand-the-world-you-must-first-understand-a-place-like/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“What modren ideas?” pap said. “I didn’t know there was but one idea about work—until it is done, it ain’t done, and when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/what-modren-ideas-pap-said-i-didn-t-know-there-was-but-one-idea-about/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“It was only as he put his hand on the door that he became aware of complete silence beyond it, a silence which he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-only-as-he-put-his-hand-on-the-door-that-he-became-aware-of/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“She has no mother because fatherblood hates with love and pride, but motherblood with hate loves and cohabits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/she-has-no-mother-because-fatherblood-hates-with-love-and-pride-but/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“Byron listened quietly, thinking to himself how people everywhere are about the same, but that it did seem that in a small town, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/byron-listened-quietly-thinking-to-himself-how-people-everywhere-are/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

> [“It was too late. Maybe yesterday, while I was still a child, but not now. I knew too much, had seen too much, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/it-was-too-late-maybe-yesterday-while-i-was-still-a-child-but-not-now/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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                        "text": "The past is never dead. It's not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity. Haunted by wrong turns and roads not taken, we pursue images perceived as new but whose providence dates to the dim dramas of childhood, which are themselves but ripples of consequence echoing down the generations. The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always.",
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