Below is the epigraph package with and without flushepinormal
option.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{libertine}
\usepackage{epigraph}
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\setlength{\epigraphrule}{0pt}
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{1\textwidth}
% \renewcommand{\textflush}{flushepinormal}
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\begin{document}
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\epigraph{To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.}{G.K. Chesterton}
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\end{document}
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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{libertine}
\usepackage{epigraph}
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\setlength{\epigraphrule}{0pt}
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{1\textwidth}
\renewcommand{\textflush}{flushepinormal}
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\begin{document}
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\epigraph{To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.}{G.K. Chesterton}
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\end{document}
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- Is it possible to apply
flushepinormal
without causing the extra vertical spacing? - In general, is it possible to control the vertical spacing between the
epigraph
and thesource
?