Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full o…

William Faulkner
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ✨ William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury, W. W. Norton & Company
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