Too much happens... Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to… — William Faulkner
Too much happens... Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything... That's what is so terrible.
Light in August · 1932
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Faulkner, William. Light in August, edited by Melanie Taylor. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, ch. 13.
Original citation
Faulkner, William. Light in August. Smith & Haas, 1932, ch. 13.
