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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.

William Golding

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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
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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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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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The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers….Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.
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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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Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?
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Before Even Fact Got Paper Still Story Teller Would
This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.
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One tries to tell a truth, and one hopes that the truth has a general application rather than just a specific one.
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No human endeavour can ever be wholly good… it must always have a cost.
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You’ll get back to where you came from.
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