Who wrote the famous quote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past”?

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Who wrote the famous quote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past”?

Originally published in 1951, Requiem for a Nun, a sequel to his novel Sanctuary,  has one of the best-known lines in William Faulkner’s work, “>The past is never dead. It’s not even past.“> Prince Harry’s memoir “>Spare,”> published on January 2023, starts with this Faulkner quote.