William Faulkner Quotes

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you... yet, someone survived... You can do anything you choose to do.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

Survival is triumph enough.

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail...

We were not defeated. We had been refugees. Now we were freedom fighters.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I feel like my story could hopefully inspire others who've faced hard times.

I always tell my story because I want others who have felt broken to know they can make it.

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.

The most powerful weapon is hope.

Just remember: Surviving is the best revenge, no matter what the disaster has been.

It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not men. ~Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), pgs 103-104

Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.

We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.