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“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.”

Book:FAULKNER READER

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FAULKNER READER

This reader includes a selection of short stories, essays, and excerpts from Faulkner's novels, providing a comprehensive overview of his writing and the complexities of his narrative techniques. more

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner, an American writer born on September 25, 1897, and died on July 6, 1962. Known for his unique narrative techniques and profound descriptions of Southern society and history, Faulkner is considered one of the great novelists of the 20th century. more

“When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.”

“How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire.”

Ifs Knows Needs Humans Spiritual Desire Grief Sky Perfection Difficulty Blue Plant Workers Seeds Flying Being Human Hoe

Author:Rumi

“I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated our apathies, but not that much.”

Said Enough Apathy

Book:Cat's Cradle: A Novel

Source: Cat's Cradle: A Novel

“You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are a middle-road liberal, and you haven't the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want -- and what I want now is a drink.”

Knows Want Said Ideas Middle Havens Drink What You Want Drs

Book:Babbitt

Source: Babbitt

“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”

Inspirational Fear Depth Shallow No Fear Mermaid Have No Fear

Author:Anais Nin

“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”

Ifs Thinking Love Mind Heart Kind Soul Diversity Individuality Changing Your Life Kinds Of Love Inspirational Diversity

Book:The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Memoirs, Letters & Essays on Art, Religion and Politics: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilych, A Confession, The Cossacks, Correspondences with Gandhi, The Kreutzer Sonata, Fables and Stories for Childrenand Many More

Source: The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Memoirs, Letters & Essays on Art, Religion and Politics: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilych, A Confession, The Cossacks, Correspondences with Gandhi, The Kreutzer Sonata, Fables and Stories for Childrenand Many More

“In these silences something may rise”

May Silence

Book:Desperation

Source: Desperation

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