Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

[boonping]

'Quentin, I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it's rather excruciatingly apt that you will use it to gain the reductio ad absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his fathers'. I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a

Comments

[malyntine]

Love the last line. Never read this before though D:

[gluegunned]

i'm reading the sound and the fury for english this sem!!
omg. excite. "gain the reductio ad absurdium of all human experience"... faulkner ftw.

[boonping]

honestly, it's a very hard book to get through. the narrative jumps about very randomly and half the time i have no idea what's happening, only catching glimpses D:
i will get back to you about it once i finish the book hahah