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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.

William Faulkner

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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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New Albany
Mississippi
William Cuthbert Faulkner
William Falkner
William Cuthbert Falkner
Stars
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Sparkled
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Floor
Opened
Boxes
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