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Colonel Sartoris Quotes

Two of the best book quotes from Colonel Sartoris

#1
“Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying.”

author
William Faulkner
book
A Rose for Emily
characters
The ColonelMr. Grierson
concepts
hiding the truthcompassionrepaymentrespect for the dead
#2
“Only a man of Colonel Sartoris’ generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.”

author
William Faulkner
book
A Rose for Emily
characters
The ColonelNarrator
concepts
different versions of realitymanipulationage

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