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William Golding Quotes

We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other Picture Quote #1

They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate Picture Quote #1

He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear Picture Quote #1

I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head Picture Quote #1

He was as fitted to survival in this modern world as a tapeworm in an intestine Picture Quote #1

The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously Picture Quote #1

The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you’ve got to write your own books and nobody else’s, and then everything followed from there Picture Quote #1

He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars Picture Quote #1

I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment Picture Quote #1

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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There’s a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it Picture Quote #1

They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten Picture Quote #1

How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad? Picture Quote #1

How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper? Picture Quote #1

This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun Picture Quote #1

Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man. There is no other medium in which we can live for so long and so intimately with a character. That is the service a novel renders Picture Quote #1

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One’s intelligence may march about and about a problem, but the solution does not come gradually into view. One moment it is not. The next it is there Picture Quote #1

He doesn’t mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it Picture Quote #1

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder Picture Quote #1

Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things Picture Quote #1

He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery Picture Quote #1

It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most scientists are just a bit religious and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole while his religious intellect believes in them outside it Picture Quote #1

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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other (William Golding Quotes) They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate (William Golding Quotes) He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear (William Golding Quotes) I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head (William Golding Quotes) He was as fitted to survival in this modern world as a tapeworm in an intestine (William Golding Quotes) The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible (William Golding Quotes) 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 Quotes) "People don’t help much." He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were (William Golding Quotes) I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously (William Golding Quotes) The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise (William Golding Quotes) It wasn’t until I was 37 that I grasped the great truth that you’ve got to write your own books and nobody else’s, and then everything followed from there (William Golding Quotes) He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again (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 (William Golding Quotes) 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 (William Golding Quotes) Towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars (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 (William Golding Quotes) The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he’s written it (William Golding Quotes) 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 (William Golding Quotes) There’s a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it (William Golding Quotes) They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten (William Golding Quotes) How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad? (William Golding Quotes) How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper? (William Golding Quotes) This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun (William Golding Quotes) Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man. There is no other medium in which we can live for so long and so intimately with a character. That is the service a novel renders (William Golding Quotes) One’s intelligence may march about and about a problem, but the solution does not come gradually into view. One moment it is not. The next it is there (William Golding Quotes) He doesn’t mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it (William Golding Quotes) My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder (William Golding Quotes) Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things (William Golding Quotes) He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery (William Golding Quotes) It is at least scientifically respectable to postulate that at the centre of a black hole the laws of nature no longer apply. Since most scientists are just a bit religious and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole while his religious intellect believes in them outside it (William Golding Quotes)

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