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As I Lay Dying quotes

7 quotes from As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Jewel and I come up from the field, following the path in single file.
— Darl (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930), opening sentence
My mother is a fish.
— Vardaman (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.
— Addie (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
Now I can get them teeth.
— Anse (dialogue) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
So I made it on the bevel.
— Cash (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
This world is not his world; this life his life.
— Cash (narration) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930)
Meet Mrs. Bundren,
— Anse (dialogue) · William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930), last line

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