Quotes from William Faulkner

Ya ve cómo la insensatez, al igual que la pobreza, se preocupa de los suyos.

Our brother Darl in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams.

the end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it... (Sartoris)

Folks don't go to wars for fun. A man don't leave his maw crying just for fun.

He came obediently, wailing, that slow hoarse sound that ships make, that seems to begin before the sound itself has started, seems to cease before the sound itself has stopped.

I found a way of writing where every word was as dangerous as a stick of dynamite." – William Faulkner

He could not hear either; the galloping mare was almost upon him before he heard her, and even then he held his course, as if the very urgency of his wild grief and need must in a moment more find him wings

Now and then you meet a man that ain't ever been afraid, not even of himself." –William Faulkner

Every man will be equal there and it will be taken from them that have and give to them that have not by the Lord. But

I suppose the question to ask you, is where you been all the time you were dead?

INTERVIEWER Some people say they can't understand your writing, even after they read it two or three times. What approach would you suggest for them? FAULKNER Read it four times.

é preciso duas pessoas para fazer alguém, e uma para morrer. é assim que o mundo vai acabar.

la finalidad de la vida no es otra sino la de aprestarse a estar mucho tiempo muerto.

Esto, esto es lo que trataba de decir: que cuando algo es nuevo, difícil y brillante, es mucho mejor que si solo es seguro, pues lo seguro, las cosas seguras son precisamente las que la gente ha estado haciendo tanto tiempo, que sus bordes están ya gastados y no hay nada ya en ellas que permita decir a un hombre: «Esto no se había hecho antes y no puede ser hecho otra vez».

Beneath the quilt she is no more than a bundle of rotten sticks

The grass was buzzing in the moonlight where my shadow walked on the grass.

Le diré que todo el mundo puede cometer un error, pero que no todos saben salir de él sin pérdidas; que no todo el mundo puede comerse sus errores: eso es lo que le voy a decir.

Gal b?tent t? akimirk?, kai mes suprantame, sutinkame su tuo, kad egzistuoja blogio logika, mes ir numirštame.

Between grief and nothing, I will take grief

Ä°lk olarak Addie Bundren'?n yapt??? herhangi bir ÅŸeyi saklad???n? görüyordum, o Addie Bundren ki içinde yalan bulunan bir evrende yalandan baÅŸka hiçbir ÅŸeyin, yoksulluÄŸun bile, çok kötü ya da çok önemli olamayaca??n? öÄŸretmiÅŸti bize.

Adoro los silencios incómodos, ¿usted no, doctor? Todo lo que implican. Llenan el vacío con la fuerza de las palabras no dichas. Porque lo que no se dice a veces es más inquietante.

Old man she said, have you lived so long and forgotten so much that you don't remember anything you ever knew or felt about love?

If there is a God what the hell is He for?

O que a literatura faz é o mesmo que acender um fósforo no campo no meio da noite. Um fósforo não ilumina nada, mas permite ver quanta escuridão existe ao redor.