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William Golding
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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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William Gerald Albert Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding
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But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.
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Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?
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Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.
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There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.
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I'm scared of him, said Piggy, and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again it's like asthma an' you can't breathe.
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I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a story teller.
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Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.
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And I've been wearing specs since I was three.
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Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
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