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# Darkness Visible William Golding

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##  Quotes by Darkness Visible William Golding

> [“..And then -- that personal, that wholly isolated direction at the back of your head, that black place from which you looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darkness-visible-william-golding/and-then-that-personal-that-wholly-isolated-direction-at-the-back-of/)

Darkness Visible William Golding

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