Quotes from William Golding

Our mistake is to confuse our limitations with the bounds of possibility . . .

You shut up, you fat slug!

Söyleyecek baÅŸka ÅŸeyleri yoktu, ama ikisi de hiçbir ÅŸeyin çözüme kavuÅŸmad???n? biliyordu.

Tú lo sabías, verdad? ¿Que soy parte de ti? ¡Caliente, caliente, caliente! ¿Que soy la causa de que todo salga mal? ¿De que las cosas sean como son?

Something to forgive is a purer joy than geometry.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.

Before something happens in the realm of calmness, we do not feel the calmness; only when something happens within it do we find the calmness.

Suddenly, pacing by the water, he was overcome with astonishment. He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.

Sen de en az benim kadar iyi biliyorsun, hayat katlan?lmaz uzunlukta, gelgelelim katlanmak zorunday?z

I don't think they [contemporary writers] read me either. I mean, if we're concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work.

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

I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.

They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.

He doesn't mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.