Benjy Compson quotes
A character in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3 quotes spoken by or about Benjy Compson, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
About William Faulkner
Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
Caddy smelled like trees.
The broken flower drooped over Ben's fist and his eyes were empty and blue and serene again as cornice and façade flowed smoothly once more from left to right; post and tree, window and doorway, and signboard, each in its ordered place.
The Friday Letter
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