Quotes by William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Explore a curated collection of 9 quotes by William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
I am the chosen of the Lord, for who He loveth, so doeth He chastiseth. But I be durn if He dont take some curious ways — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
I reckon if there’s ere a man or woman anywhere that He could turn it all over to and go away with His mind at rest, it — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
I reckon it does take a powerful trust in the Lord to guard a fellow, though sometimes I think that Cora’s a mite over-c — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
Yet the motion of the saw has not faltered, as though it and the arm functioned in a tranquil conviction that rain was a — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it. — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too. — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
It's like there was a fellow in every man that's done a-past the sanity or the insanity, that watches the sane and the i — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
... a man aint so different from a horse or a mule, come long come short, except a mule or a horse has got a little more — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying