Of the authors writing in English, I’d mention Shakespeare and Milton. But all this is terribly high-hat and makes me sound very po-faced, I’m afraid; however, I just happen to like these enormous, swinging, great creatures.
WILLIAM GOLDINGBut forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
More William Golding Quotes
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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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the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.
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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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Are we savages or what?
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Which is better–to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?
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At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
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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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Even if you got rid of paper, you would still have story-tellers. In fact, you had the story-tellers before you had the paper.
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I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.
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I do think that art that doesn’t communicate is useless.
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I play the piano passionately and inaccurately. Indeed, I worked out the other day that of my seventy-five years; I have spent at least one year sitting on a piano stool.
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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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A star appeared…and was momentarily eclipsed by some movement.
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Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
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