““I believe that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of man's puny, inexhaustible, voice still talking! ...not simply because man alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because man has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion, sacrifice and endurance.””
![“I believe that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of [man’s] puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. William Faulkner” quote by Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e9/mary-karr-3335_william-faulkner_i-believe-that-when-the-last-ding-dong-o_1832282.jpg)
![“His voice just stops, exactly like when the needle is lifted from a phonograph record by the hand of someone who is not listening to the record. [...] She speaks the same dead, level tone: two bodiless voices in monotonous strophe and anistrophe: to bodiless voices recounting dreamily something…” quote by William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/759/william-faulkner-306_metafiction_his-voice-just-stops-exactly-like-when-t_3072658.jpg)
