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Quotation from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

“I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it”

William Faulkner (spoken by Mr. Compson (recalled by Quentin))

The Sound and the Fury, June Second, 1910 (opening) (PG #75170)

Quentin remembers his father's words on giving him the grandfather's watch, the 'mausoleum of all hope and desire'.

Citation: "I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it" — William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, June Second, 1910 (opening) (PG #75170). (id faulkner-the-sound-and-the-fury-q5)

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