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I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.

William Golding

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An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself.
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Conscious Define Less More Nobelities One Orotundity Proposity Representative Someone Treat
I play the piano passionately and inaccurately. Indeed, I worked out the other day that of my seventy-five years; I have spent at least one year sitting on a piano stool.
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Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
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Around Heaven Infancy Lie Our
I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.
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Here Nowhere Particular
Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
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Better Break Hunt Law Rescue Thing Up
Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.
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Art Communication Discover Partly Rest
If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.” “If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway.
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Blow Come Back Conch
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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Chess Country Decision People Play Through
Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
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Course Experience Feast Life Series Serve
The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.
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Chief Think Trouble Wise
The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
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Beast Harmless Horrible Must News Other Possible Reach Soon
I began to write when I was seven, and I have been writing off and on ever since. It is still off and on. You can say that when I am on, when I know I have a book which I am going to write, then I write two thousand words a day. That’s so many pages longhand.
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Been Began Ever Off Say Seven Since Still When Write You
And I’ve been wearing specs since I was three.
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Been Since Specs Three Wear
People don’t help much.
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Help Much People
Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don’t think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the unique quality of his writing, if you take his complete oeuvre.
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Anyone Country Deny Eighty Force People Think Two Write Year
The rules!” shouted Ralph, “you’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?
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