Sometimes I aint so sho who's got ere a right to say when a man is cra…

William Faulkner
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Sometimes I aint so sho who's got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it. ✨ William Faulkner (1955). Faulkner's county: tales of Yoknapatawpha county
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