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And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.

William Faulkner

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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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New Albany
Mississippi
William Cuthbert Faulkner
William Falkner
William Cuthbert Falkner
Wait
Waiting
Sure
Ends
Enough
Even
Long
Patience

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