When the switch fell I could feel it upon my flesh; when it welted and…

William Faulkner
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When the switch fell I could feel it upon my flesh; when it welted and ridged it was my blood that ran, and I would think with each blow of the switch: Now you are aware of me! Now I am something in your secret and selfish life, who have marked your blood with my own for ever and ever. ✨ William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill, John Steinbeck (1971). William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck
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