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Them Quotes by William Golding
- 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…
- 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.
- His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that…
- Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed and threw it at Henry-threw it to miss. The stone, that token of preposterous time, bounced five yards…
- 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…
- He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.
- 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,…
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