William Faulkner Quote

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"Pour comprendre le monde, il faut d'abord comprendre un endroit comme le Mississippi."

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“I can’t stand to see a thing half done. If a thing’s wrong, fix it if you can. But tra...”

William Faulkner

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“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.”

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