# Quote — William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

> Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.

- 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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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/the-sound-and-the-fury/women-do-have

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-faulkner/the-sound-and-the-fury/when-people-act.md)