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The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 25
Died: 1962
Died: July 6
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I believe in God, God. God, I believe in God.
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Poor man. Poor mankind.
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Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.
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We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.
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I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.
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