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Quentin Compson quotes

A character in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

2 quotes spoken by or about Quentin Compson, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it.
Quentin (narration), recalling his father · William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929)
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought.
Quentin (narration), recalling his father · William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929)

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