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A gentleman can live through anything.
A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.
A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.
A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.... (more William Faulkner quotes)
Faulkner died at Wright's Sanitarium, in Byhalia, MS.
Buried in Oxford Memorial Cemetary in Oxford, MS.
Faulkner had one daughter, Jill, who survived to adulthood. Another daughter died in infancy.
Faulkner married Estelle Oldham Franklin, a divorcee, in 1929. They remained married until his death.
Faulkner served as the postmaster at the University of Mississippi from 1922 to 1924. He was eventually removed from this position by the postal service for drinking on the job and inattention ... (more William Faulkner trivia)
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