# Quote — William Faulkner, Light in August

> ... ingenuity was apparently given man in order that he may supply himself in crisis with shapes and sounds with which to guard himself from truth.

- Author: [William Faulkner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner.md)
- Book: [Light in August](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/light-in-august.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/light-in-august/ingenuity-was-apparently

## More from this book

> Memory believes before knowing remembers.

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> Even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as an honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/light-in-august/even-a-liar.md)

> Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what the other man or woman is doing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/light-in-august/man-knows-so-little.md)