J > J's Quotes

“You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”
― william faulkner

“I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.”
― William Faulkner

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

“It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.”
― William Faulkner

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

“Poetry = Anger x Imagination”
― Sherman Alexie, One Stick Song