# Quote — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun

> ... so vast, so limitless in capacity is man's imagination to disperse and burn away the rubble-dross of fact and probability, leaving only truth and dream.

- Author: [William Faulkner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner.md)
- Book: [Requiem for a Nun](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/requiem-for-a-nun.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Faulkner#Requiem_for_a_Nun_(1951)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/requiem-for-a-nun/so-vast-so-limitless

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> The past is never dead. It's not even past.

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> ... maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly all the time, is having to accept it.'''

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/requiem-for-a-nun/maybe-the-only.md)