Inspirational Quotes by William Styron — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“The sound... pierced my heart like a dagger, and in a flood of swift recollection I thought of all the joys the house had known: the children who rushed through its rooms, the festivals, the love and work, the honestly earned slumber... All this I realized was more than I could ever abandon.”

“I do know that in those last hours before I rescued myself, when I listened to the passage from the Alto Rhapsody-which I'd heard [my mother] sing-she had been very much on my mind.”