“Though Faulkner has written at times about depraved people doing depraved things, he never denies his characters their basic humanity. He does not condescend to them and he always allows them whatever modicum or dignity they are entitled to; his humor and compassion are always in evidence.” HumanityDignityCharacterizationFaulkner Book:Stories from the Attic Source: Stories from the Attic
“I was changing, and it scared me, for I wanted to be a child always, and I did not want Dug to grow up. I wanted it to always be brittle cold November and both of us working there in that field, with birds flying and calling lonesome far above, and looking forward to how good the fire would feel at the end of the day. But that kind of thing can never be, and that is what hurt me like a knife.” ChangeChildhoodComing Of AgeBrothers Book:Stories from the Attic Source: Stories from the Attic
“Someday someone will write an essay giving Signet books the credit they deserve for educating a certain segment of the young South. For twenty-five cents (thirty-five for Signet Giants) you could own a novel you would read time and again. And Signet had everyone: Faulkner and O'Conner and Truman Capote.” ReadingSouthAuthors Book:Stories from the Attic Source: Stories from the Attic
“In the shady quiet of the woods, peace flowed over him like soothing balm. No creditors assailed him here and the old woman did not have the breath for the hills. In hollows grown chest high with briars he sometimes came upon the remains of houses, like falling ruins of some forgotten race. He wandered through them, kicking aside ancient rubbish, passing through shades of lives lived out long hence.” PastPeaceNatureEscape Book:Stories from the Attic Source: Stories from the Attic