Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.

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• William Golding:

  Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

• William Golding:

  The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what

• William Golding:

  I am optimistic when I consider the spiritual dimension which the scientist's discipline forces him

• William Golding:

  Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific,

• William Golding:

  Boys do not evaluate a book. They divide books into categories. There are sexy books, war books, we

• William Golding:

  A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read aga

• William Golding:

  I have been in many countries, and I have found there people examining their own love of life, sens

• William Golding:

  Man produces evil as a bee produces honey.

• William Golding:

  When I wrote 'Lord of the Flies' - I had no idea it would even get published.

• William Golding:

  If you... scaled down human beings, scaled down society, if you land with a group of little boys, t