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? William Golding More Quotes by William Golding More Quotes From William Golding Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true. William Golding honestly contemporary awful There's a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it. William Golding dying fire men Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [...] Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum. William Golding nuts mean believe 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 writing book thinking The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. 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. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood—and his gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition. William Golding eye white numbers 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. William Golding effort laughing two Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. William Golding illness effort essentials How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad? William Golding utopia mad long This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we'll have fun. William Golding fetch islands fun The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise. William Golding trouble wise thinking Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up? William Golding rescue hunting law I don't think they [contemporary writers] read me either. I mean, if we're concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work. William Golding writing mean thinking Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel. William Golding novel successful I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe. William Golding hate kids thinking The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!" "Who cares? William Golding who-cares care You have the older generation like Iris Murdoch and Angus Wilson who are not as old as Graham Greene, but still are coming on. I dare say anyone who knew the scene better than I know it could fill it in with a very satisfactory supply of novels. William Golding generations irises scene Are we savages or what? William Golding savages 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 mastery tides exercise 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 playing-chess decision player How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper? William Golding first-things-first put-first-things-first firsts
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