They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and …

William Faulkner
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They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words. ✨ William Faulkner (2011). FAULKNER READER, p.117, Modern Library
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They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words. ✨ William Faulkner (2011). FAULKNER READER, p.117, Modern Library

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