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To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be

William Golding

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He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.
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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
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Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
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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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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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What kind of human person has a favorite eraser?
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Worse than madness. Sanity.
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The greatest ideas are the simplest.
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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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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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