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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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the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.
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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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Which is better–to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?
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The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell.
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The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.
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Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
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Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.
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There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.
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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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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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Ralph… would treat the day’s decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.
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