William Faulkner 1897-1962
Novels The Sound and the Fury (1929) As I Lay Dying (1930) Light in August (1932) Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
The sound and the fury (1929)
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Characters Jason Compson III Caroline Bascomb Compson Quentin Compson III Candace "Caddy" Compson Benjamin Compson Dilsey Gibson Miss Quentin Compson
Quotes All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.