But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
WILLIAM GOLDINGHe 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.
More William Golding Quotes
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Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
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Which is better — to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is? Which is better — to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
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The greatest ideas are the simplest.
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No human endeavour can ever be wholly good… it must always have a cost.
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What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.
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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
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In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.
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They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.
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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.
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Life’s scientific, but we don’t know, do we? Not certainly, I mean.
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His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.
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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 thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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