He doesn’t mind if he dies… indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.
WILLIAM GOLDINGI believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.
More William Golding Quotes
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Towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars.
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What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it.
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He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.
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Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
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Honestly, I haven’t the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.
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Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.
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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
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The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
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The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
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If faces were different when lit from above or below — what was a face? What was anything?
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I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.
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The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell.
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The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?
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