William Golding Quotes
"Best Hair" award, Oxford 1930.
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"He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness"Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"The officer nodded, as if a question had been answered."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding
"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."Source: Lord of the Flies | Author: William Golding