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William Faulkner, the Nobel Prize winning author, from America is regarded as one of the most famous and widely read novelists in the country. He is known for his ingenious remarks and precise statements.
Several of the lines from his novels have come to be very popular quotations today. How simply and beautifully he would say, "Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice who studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it."
In the present book there are hundreds of most beautiful lines from William Faulkner's stories, novels, and his speeches. They are bound to amuse, entertain, and enlighten the prospective readers.
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Introduction
William Faulkner is a Nobel Prize laureate from America. He is considered to be one of the best writers of short stories and novels in America.
It is often said that Faulkner has always used precise diction in his writings and the words which he has used often leave a very deep impression on the minds of his readers. Some of the lines spoken by his characters in his novels and short stories have become world famous quotes and sayings.
Faulkner used to say, Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice who studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
In this collection we have included hundreds of witty sentences composed by William Faulkner. They are full of wisdom and intelligence. They are sure to enlighten the readers.
Section One
"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
In writing, you must kill all your darlings.
"...I give you the mausoleum of
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