Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.
WILLIAM GOLDINGThe beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
More William Golding Quotes
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What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.
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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’m scared of him,” said Piggy, “and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again; it’s like asthma an’ you can’t breathe.
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There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.
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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 thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!
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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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The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell.
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We just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grownups would do.
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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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Worse than madness. Sanity.
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Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
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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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