William Faulkner

When it’s a matter of not – do, I reckon a man can trust himself for advice. But when it comes to a matter of doing, I reckon a fellow had better listen to all the advice he can get.

William Faulkner

Women are never virgins. Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature.

William Faulkner

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

William Faulkner

Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean.

William Faulkner

Wonder. Go on and wonder.

William Faulkner

Writing a first draft is like trying to build a house in a strong wind.

William Faulkner

Yet the motion of the saw has not faltered, as though it and the arm functioned in a tranquil conviction that rain was an illusion of the mind.

William Faulkner

You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear.

William Faulkner

You will find that even injustice is scarcely worthy of what you believe yourself to be.

William Faulkner

Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

William Faulkner