"The last sound on the worthless Earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next."
– from a speech to the UNESCO Commission (October 3, 1959)
To celebrate his birthday, here are 10 profound, unique, and inspiring quotes from William Faulkner, one of the greatest American writers of all time.
"The last sound on the worthless Earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next."
– from a speech to the UNESCO Commission (October 3, 1959)
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