William Faulkner Quotes

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice.

William Faulkner

• Cowardice
• Deceived
• Monotonous

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• So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Cowardice
  • Deceived
  • Monotonous