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Ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crisis with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth.

Source:(Modern Library, ed. 1950), Chapter 20, Page 419
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William Faulkner (Light in August Quotes)
  • Book: Light in August
  • Writer: William Faulkner
  • Genre: Fiction, Classics
  • Published: 1932
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