Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don’t think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the unique quality of his writing, if you take his complete oeuvre.
WILLIAM GOLDINGWe’re not savages. We’re English.
More William Golding Quotes
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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As soon as Oliver Twist is serialized, people who would never dream of reading [Charles] Dickens, if they hadn’t seen him on their box, buy the paperback.
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How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?
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Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
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The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.
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Are we savages or what?
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Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
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Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?
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Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.
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He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet.
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No human endeavour can ever be wholly good… it must always have a cost.
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Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
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Ralph… would treat the day’s decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.
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