Quotes from Darkness Visible

“We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“The way towards simplicity is through outrage.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“You don't even care enough about us to hate us, do you?”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“History is the nothing people write about a nothing.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“We have to face it at last. We're not all human.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“We think we know."
"Know? That's worse than an atom bomb, and always was.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“Heaven lies around us in our infancy.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

“Ο κόσμος απλωνόταν έξω από το κεφάλι της, προς κάθε κατεύθυνση, εκτός από μια. Κι αυτή η μια ήταν η μόνη ασφαλής, γιατί ήταν δικιά της κι έβγαζε στο πίσω μέρος του κεφαλιού, εκεί, που σκοτάδι βαθύ σα νύχτα απλωνόταν (...) και θέλησε να δραπετεύσει, να βγει έξω στο φως του ήλιου, να γίνει όπως όλοι οι άλλοι. Μα δεν υπήρχε φως του ήλιου αυτή την ώρα. Έτσι και εκείνη το έφτιαξε μόνη της και το γέμισε με ανθρώπους που δεν είχαν σήραγγες στο πίσω μέρος του κεφαλιού τους' ανθρώπους χαρούμενους, εύθυμους, ανθρώπους που δεν ήξεραν.”
― William Golding, quote from Darkness Visible

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“You killed more people than anybody in history."

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― Edith Hamilton, quote from Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

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― Tahereh Mafi, quote from Ignite Me

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― Lauren Oliver, quote from Before I Fall

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― Alexandra Bracken, quote from The Darkest Minds

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