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If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

— William Faulkner Paris Review interview (1958)

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Clocks slay time. ... Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

The Sound and the Fury (1929)

Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

Light in August (1932)

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

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When people act like niggers, no matter who they are, the only thing to do is treat them like a nigger.

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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

As I Lay Dying (1930)

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