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Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

William Golding

There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.
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Fool Like Old Say
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
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Away Lawful Slip Understable World
What kind of human person has a favorite eraser?
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Eraser Favorite Human Kind Person
I know there isn’t no beast-not with claws and all that, I mean-but I know there isn’t no fear, either.” Piggy paused. “Unless-” Ralph moved restlessly. “Unless what?” “Unless we get frightened of people.
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Beast Claw Fear Know Mean No Pause Piggy
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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Ait Bud Candle Flower Island Open Possession Scent Spilled Wide
My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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Face Gray Keep Over Peer Shoulder Step Walk Yesterday
A crowd of grade-three thinkers, all shouting the same thing, all warming their hands at the fire of their own prejudices, will not thank you for pointing out the contradictions in their beliefs. Man is a gregarious animal, and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way on the side of a hill.
WILLIAM GOLDING

Crow Grade Hand Prejudice Same Shout Thing Thinker Warning
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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Beast Close Fancy Kill Knew Part Something Think
Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel.
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Novel One Only Successful
The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.
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Chief Think Trouble Wise
Language fits over experience like a straight-jacket.
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Experience Fit Kjacket Language Like Over Straight
We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
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Disharmony Each Injury Nature Other Together
Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don’t understand.
WILLIAM GOLDING

Imperitable Language Laughter Nothing Understand
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

Before Even Fact Got Paper Still Story Teller Would
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.
WILLIAM GOLDING

All Discipline Extent Myself Off While
If faces were different when lit from above or below — what was a face? What was anything?
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Above Anything Below Face Facem Different When

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