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Marriage is long enough to have plenty of room for time behind it.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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Living is one constant and perpetual instant when the arras-veil before what-is-to-be hangs docile and even glad to the lightest naked thrust if we had dared, were brave enough (not wise enough: no wisdom needed here) to make the rending gash.
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Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.
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Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.
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