# Quote — William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

> When people act like niggers, no matter who they are, the only thing to do is treat them like a nigger.

- Author: [William Faulkner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner.md)
- Book: [The Sound and the Fury](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/the-sound-and-the-fury.md)
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> A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune.

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> Then Ben wailed again, hopeless and prolonged. It was nothing. Just sound. It might have been all time and injustice and sorrow become vocal for an instant by a conjunction of planets.

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> Dilsey stroked Ben's lower head, slowly and steadily, smoothing the bang upon his brow. He wailed quietly, unhurriedly. "Hush," Dilsey said. "Hush, now. We be gone in a minute. Hush, now." He wailed quietly and steadily.

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