Famous Quotes by William Faulkner

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”

William Faulkner

“You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”

William Faulkner

“Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.”

William Faulkner

“I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”

William Faulkner

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”

William Faulkner