...and you don't even have to sleep alone, you don't even have to slee…

William Faulkner
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...and you don't even have to sleep alone, you don't even have to sleep at all; and so, all you have to do is show the stick to the dog now and then and say, 'Thank God for nothing.' ✨ Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner.
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...and you don't even have to sleep alone, you don't even have to sleep at all; and so, all you have to do is show the stick to the dog now and then and say, 'Thank God for nothing.' ✨ Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner.

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