Endure Quote by William Faulkner

The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by…

— 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,…

— William Faulkner

“I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that…

— William Faulkner

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A poet must sing for his own people.

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