Quotation by William Faulkner

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Vashtar: So it's finished. A structure to house one man and the greatest treasure of all time.
Senta: And a structure that will last for all time.
Vashtar: Only history will tell that.
Senta: Sire, will he not be remembered?
Vashtar: Yes, he'll be remembered. The pyramid'll keep his memory alive. In that he built better than he knew.

William Faulkner

William Faulkner (1897–1962), U.S. author, screenwriter, Harry Kurnitz, screenwriter, Harold Jack Bloom, screenwriter, and Howard Hawks. Senta (Dewey Martin), Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), Land of the Pharaohs (1955).

At the conclusion of the film, the architect and his son look back at the pyramid they helped to build.

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