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William Golding quotes: There is, they say, no fool like an old fool. There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.
William Golding quotes: I cried out not with hope of an ear but as accepting a shut door, darkness and a shut sky. I cried out not with hope of an ear but as accepting a shut door, darkness and a shut sky.
William Golding quotes: The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life.
William Golding quotes: Worse than madness. Sanity. Worse than madness. Sanity.
William Golding quotes: If you don't change your hairstyle because it's mostly fallen out and you don't shave, you've no cause to go chasing yourself in a mirror. If you don't change your hairstyle because it's mostly fallen out and you don't shave, you've no cause to go chasing yourself in a mirror.
William Golding quotes: Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand. Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.
William Golding quotes: Jack looked around for understanding, but found only respect. Jack looked around for understanding, but found only respect.
William Golding quotes: He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were. He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.
William Golding quotes: Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true. Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.
William Golding quotes: This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under a blue dome. This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under a blue dome.
William Golding quotes: The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers ... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island. The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers ... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.
William Golding quotes: powerless and raged without knowing why. powerless and raged without knowing why.
William Golding quotes: The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.
William Golding quotes: The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
William Golding quotes: What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?
William Golding quotes: There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast. There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast.
William Golding quotes: There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.
William Golding quotes: He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear
William Golding quotes: Who would sharpen a point aginst the darkness of the world? Who would sharpen a point aginst the darkness of the world?
William Golding quotes: Listen, Ralph. Never mind what's sense. That's gone Listen, Ralph. Never mind what's sense. That's gone
William Golding quotes: But forgiveness must not only be given but received also. But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
William Golding quotes: The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
William Golding quotes: A battle cheapens life and I find life cheap enough already A battle cheapens life and I find life cheap enough already
William Golding quotes: The thing isfear can't hold you any more than a dream ... The thing is
fear can't hold you any more than a dream ...
William Golding quotes: The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life
William Golding quotes: 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. 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.
William Golding quotes: They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.
William Golding quotes: Of course we're frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened. Of course we're frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened.
William Golding quotes: We need an assembly, not for cleverness, but for setting things straight. We need an assembly, not for cleverness, but for setting things straight.
William Golding quotes: What's in a book, is not what an author thought he put into it, it's what the reader get out of it. What's in a book, is not what an author thought he put into it, it's what the reader get out of it.
William Golding quotes: There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it. There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it.
William Golding quotes: The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
William Golding quotes: You'll get back to where you came from. You'll get back to where you came from.
William Golding quotes: You let the fire out. You let the fire out.
William Golding quotes: Which is better - to have rules and agree or to hunt and kill? ... law and rescue or hunting and breaking things up? Which is better - to have rules and agree or to hunt and kill? ... law and rescue or hunting and breaking things up?
William Golding quotes: ambushed by sleep. ambushed by sleep.
William Golding quotes: Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery. Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.
William Golding quotes: The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world. The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world.
William Golding quotes: Are we savages or what? Are we savages or what?
William Golding quotes: Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood. Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.
William Golding quotes: It's simpler to believe in a miracle. It's simpler to believe in a miracle.
William Golding quotes: islanded in a sea of meaningless color, islanded in a sea of meaningless color,
William Golding quotes: At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing. At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
William Golding quotes: For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction very much. For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction very much.
William Golding quotes: What they might become in darkness nobody cared to think. What they might become in darkness nobody cared to think.
William Golding quotes: The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell. The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.
William Golding quotes: I was an estructuralist at the age of seven, which is about the right age for it. I was an estructuralist at the age of seven, which is about the right age for it.
William Golding quotes: Johnny, yawning still, burst into noisy tears and was slapped by Bill till he choked on them. Johnny, yawning still, burst into noisy tears and was slapped by Bill till he choked on them.
William Golding quotes: As long as there's light we're brave enough As long as there's light we're brave enough
William Golding quotes: I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.
William Golding quotes: We think we know.""Know? That's worse than an atom bomb, and always was. We think we know."
"Know? That's worse than an atom bomb, and always was.
William Golding quotes: Bollocks to the rules! Bollocks to the rules!
William Golding quotes: Fat lot of good we are," said Ralph. "Three blind mice. Fat lot of good we are," said Ralph. "Three blind mice.
William Golding quotes: The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise. The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.
William Golding quotes: I came to see you two- Words could not express the dull pain of these things. I came to see you two- Words could not express the dull pain of these things.
William Golding quotes: We have to face it at last. We're not all human. We have to face it at last. We're not all human.
William Golding quotes: We're not savages. We're English. We're not savages. We're English.
William Golding quotes: What did it mean? A stick sharpened at both ends. What was there in that? What did it mean? A stick sharpened at both ends. What was there in that?
William Golding quotes: I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment. I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.
William Golding quotes: For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse. For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.
William Golding quotes: Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fiercely, daring them to contradict. Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fiercely, daring them to contradict.
William Golding quotes: I dunno, Ralph. We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grown-ups would do. I dunno, Ralph. We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grown-ups would do.
William Golding quotes: Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar
William Golding quotes: Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses. Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
William Golding quotes: He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human. He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human.
William Golding quotes: His manual of heaven and hell lay open before me, and I could perceive my nothingness in this scheme. His manual of heaven and hell lay open before me, and I could perceive my nothingness in this scheme.
William Golding quotes: Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind. Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
William Golding quotes: The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it.
William Golding quotes: Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness.
William Golding quotes: If only one had time to think! If only one had time to think!
William Golding quotes: Life's scientific, but we don't know, do we? Not certainly, I mean. Life's scientific, but we don't know, do we? Not certainly, I mean.
William Golding quotes: I got this to say. You're acting like a crowd of kids. I got this to say. You're acting like a crowd of kids.
William Golding quotes: I tell you, money can't build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper. I tell you, money can't build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper.
William Golding quotes: They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate. They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.
William Golding quotes: How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper? How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper?
William Golding quotes: Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no. Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no.
William Golding quotes: an incantation of hatred. an incantation of hatred.
William Golding quotes: I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless. I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.
William Golding quotes: The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.
William Golding quotes: I recognised uneasily the hand of what I sometimes thought to be my personal nemesis, the spirit of farce. I recognised uneasily the hand of what I sometimes thought to be my personal nemesis, the spirit of farce.
William Golding quotes: If faces were different when lit from above or below what was a face? What was anything? If faces were different when lit from above or below
what was a face? What was anything?
William Golding quotes: What could be safer than the bus center with its lamps and wheels? What could be safer than the bus center with its lamps and wheels?
William Golding quotes: My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life. My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life.
William Golding quotes: It was, perhaps, no situation from which to face a charging badger. It was, perhaps, no situation from which to face a charging badger.
William Golding quotes: I am here; and here is nowhere in particular. I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.
William Golding quotes: If you were a chief, you had to grab at a decision. If you were a chief, you had to grab at a decision.
William Golding quotes: Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in! Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
William Golding quotes: Life itself is a rickety building Life itself is a rickety building
William Golding quotes: There was no light left save that of the stars. There was no light left save that of the stars.
William Golding quotes: They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned.
William Golding quotes: As for the fear, you'll have to put up with that like the rest of us. As for the fear, you'll have to put up with that like the rest of us.
William Golding quotes: We did everything adults would do. What went wrong? We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?
William Golding quotes: The best novels, the writer's imagination becomes the reader's reality. The best novels, the writer's imagination becomes the reader's reality.
William Golding quotes: We musn't let anything happen to Piggy, must we? We musn't let anything happen to Piggy, must we?
William Golding quotes: The greatest ideas are the simplest. The greatest ideas are the simplest.
William Golding quotes: People don't help much. People don't help much.
William Golding quotes: Heaven lies around us in our infancy. Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
William Golding quotes: We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.
William Golding quotes: Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of. Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.
William Golding quotes: They would reach the castle some time; and the chief would have to go forward. They would reach the castle some time; and the chief would have to go forward.

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