Childhood is a disease – a sickness that you grow out of.
WILLIAM GOLDINGI think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
More William Golding Quotes
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The rules!” shouted Ralph, “you’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?
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The water rose further and dressed Simon’s coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble.
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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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We’re all mad, the whole damned race. We’re wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we’re all mad and in solitary confinement.
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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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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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The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad?
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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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Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
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This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.
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But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
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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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He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.
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