Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must ne…

William Faulkner
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Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash: your picture in the paper nor money in the back either. Just refuse to bear them. ✨ William Faulkner (1994). Novels 1942-1954
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