"That is the substance of remembering--sense, sight, smell: the muscles with which we see and hear and feel--not mind, not thought: there is no such thing as memory: the mind recalls just what the muscles grope for: no more, no less: and its resultant sum is usually incorrect and false and worthy only of the name of dream" (178)
We are reading William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom in my grad school class right now and I just had to share this quote. It is so beautiful, yet almost sad. I'm not sure whether I agree or disagree with it, but it certainly gives me something to muse over.
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Faulkner---I don't know how to feel about him in general. He's written some lovely stuff, and some stuff I absolutely despise......
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