Saturday, September 25, 2010

Meandering forever . . .

Today is the birthday of William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962), novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
- 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, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things."
- William Faulkner

"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
- William Faulkner

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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it."
- William Faulkner

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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid."
- William Faulkner

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