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7 quotes from As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

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Jewel and I come up from the field, following the path in single file.

— Darl (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930), opening sentence

My mother is a fish.

— Vardaman (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.

— Addie (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)

Now I can get them teeth.

— Anse (dialogue) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)

So I made it on the bevel.

— Cash (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)

This world is not his world; this life his life.

— Cash (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)

Meet Mrs. Bundren,

— Anse (dialogue) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930), last line

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