William Faulkner
William Faulkner was an American novelist and short-story writer celebrated for his complex narratives set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County; he won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote classics such as The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. His experimental prose and exploration of the American South have had lasting influence on 20th-century literature.
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Trending topics shown first"The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten."
"She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried twice and failed twice to find somebody not just strong enough to deserve it, earn it, match it, but e…"
"You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults."
"... maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly all the time, is having to accept it."
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