Tag Archives: William Faulkner

This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 22, 2023

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”    ― William Faulkner     Altered Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Sunday July 4, 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” —William Faulkner Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 23, 2020

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ― William Faulkner Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 25, 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ― William Faulkner   Image: Deborah Fagan  Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, May 20, 2019

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Honey, it isn’t the way I would do it, but you go right ahead.” —William Faulkner, responding to a request by his friend Eudora Welty for criticism of a love scene she had written.   Photo of Rowan Oak: Deborah … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, November 19, 2018

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.    —William Faulkner   Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, August 20, 2018

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“It was hot; heat quivered up from the asphalt, giving to the familiar buildings about the square a nimbus quality, a quality of living and palpitant chiaroscuro.”   — William Faulkner, Light in August       Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, July 2, 2018

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.” — William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, October 2, 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Tell about the South. What’s it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there.” — William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!    Photo of Faulkner’s Rowan Oak: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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