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Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was - only is.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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William Cuthbert Faulkner
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Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.
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