The Sound And The Fury

by William Faulkner

victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

I realised that a nigger is not a person so much as a form of behaviour; a sort of obverse reflection of the white people he lives among.

I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I’m going to give her. That’s the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think. of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw.