William Faulkner Quotes about Giving

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Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

William Faulkner

Men, Giving, Littles

William Faulkner (1994). “Novels 1942-1954”

She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but even brave enough to accept it.

William Faulkner

Strong, Capacity To Love, Giving

William Faulkner (1999). “Novels, 1957-1962”

...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

William Faulkner

Men, Giving, Victory

The Sound and the Fury pt. 2 (1929)

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.

William Faulkner

Gratitude, Time, Giving

1951 Requiem for a Nun, act 2, sc.1.

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.

William Faulkner

Thinking, Giving, Promise

William Faulkner (2016). “The Sound and the Fury (Third International Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.101, W. W. Norton & Company