Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever

William Faulkner
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Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. ✨ William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12. Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.
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Don Quixote — I read that every year, as some do the Bible. ✨ William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12. Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. ✨ William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12. Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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