"What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?"

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Source : W. Meitcke, William Golding (1984). “William Golding's Lord of the Flies”, p.49, Barron's Educational Series

William Golding

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“We all become well-disguised mirror image of anything that we fight too long or too directly. That which we oppose determines the energy and frames the questions after a while. Most frontal attacks on evil just produce another kind of evil in yourself, along with a very inflated self-image to boot.”
“To restore a sense of reality, I think Walt Disney should have a Hardluckland.”

Source : JACK PAAR (1960). “I KID YOU NOT”
“Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.”
“I don't think about it in terms of being a woman. Being gracious, attentive, curious, interested are requirements for everyone.”
“Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We are the grown-ups. Whatever you believe is true, now is the time to give your respectful, inquisitive, and compassionate self to it.”
“The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.”
“I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.”
“Any defense of common sense must allow that it is revisable.”

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