“I lied," I said. ... "I know it," he said. "Then do something about it. Do anything, just so it's something." "I… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
…I seemed to be lying neither asleep nor awake looking down a long corridor of gray half light where all stable things… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
In the South you are ashamed of being a virgin. Boys. Men. They lie about it. Because it means less to women,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
They say that it is the practiced liar who can deceive. But so often the practiced and chronic liar deceives only himself;… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“The river itself is not a hundred yards across, and pa and Vernon and Vardaman and Dewey Dell are the only things in sight… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“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,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
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… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“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… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I've got to feel the pencil and see the words at the end of the pencil, — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“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… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“It was only as he put his hand on the door that he became aware of complete silence beyond it, a silence which he… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
