Quote of the Day

“I’m sick and tired of being at the beck and call of every son of a bitch who could afford a two-cent stamp.”—Future Nobel laureate William Faulkner, explaining why he quit his job at the University of Mississippi post office
(As some would tell it, ignoring patrons and even throwing out mail didn’t endear him to the locals. Under the circumstances, I think we should be grateful – for the sake of literature, Faulkner’s patrons and his own well-being— that he felt resigning was better than “going postal”! By the way, whatever happened to the two-cent stamp?)