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Quotation from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

“Father said a man is the sum of his misfortunes”

William Faulkner (spoken by Quentin Compson)

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

Riding a trolley toward the river, Quentin rehearses his father's fatalism, which he will act on that evening.

Citation: "Father said a man is the sum of his misfortunes" — William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, June Second, 1910 (PG #75170). (id faulkner-the-sound-and-the-fury-q7)

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