I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
WILLIAM GOLDINGAt the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
More William Golding Quotes
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We’re not savages. We’re English.
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Together, joined in effort by the burden, they staggered up the last steep of the mountain. Together, they chanted One! Two! Three! and crashed the log on to the great pile. Then they stepped back, laughing with triumphant pleasure.
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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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He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery.
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At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
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The rules!” shouted Ralph, “you’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?
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I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.
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I do think that art that doesn’t communicate is useless.
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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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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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Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.
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While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can’t discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn’t really matter.
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Are we savages or what?
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Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.
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Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
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