“Who would sharpen a point aginst the darkness of the world?”
― William Golding, quote from The Inheritors
“Out of the firelight everything was black and silver, black island, rocks and trees carved cleanly out of the sky and silver river with a flashing light rippling back and forth along the lip of the fall.”
― William Golding, quote from The Inheritors
“The moon was through to the sunset side of the gap, but its light was hardly noticeable on the earth for the ruddy brilliance of the firelight.”
― William Golding, quote from The Inheritors
“Lok was running as fast as he could. His head was down and he carried his thorn bush horizontally for balance and smacked the drifts of vivid buds aside with his free hand.”
― William Golding, quote from The Inheritors
“A successful novel should erase the boundary line between writer and reader, so they can unite. When that happens, the novel becomes a part of life—the main course, not the dessert. A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments,”
― William Golding, quote from The Inheritors
William Golding
Born place: in St. Columb Minor, Cornwall, The United Kingdom
Born date September 19, 1911
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“I’m not a superhero,” I say. It’s an awful tag. It’s egotistical, and it doesn’t fit. I don’t parade around in spandex.”
― Kendare Blake, quote from Anna Dressed in Blood
“Kestrel let the words echo in her mind. There had been a supple strength to his voice. An unconscious melody. Kestrel wondered if Arin knew how he exposed himself as a singer with every simple, ordinary word. She wondered if he meant to hold her in thrall.”
― Marie Rutkoski, quote from The Winner's Curse
“And the Earth had no name. The gods know themselves and have no need of names. It is man who names all things, even gods.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, quote from The Thief
“The public is blaming the city officials, who in turn have to find someone else to blame. It's the nature of the beast. If the police, the politicians, can pass the buck on down the line, they will.”
― Patricia Cornwell, quote from Postmortem
“Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame.
He looked up, meeting her eyes. 'I'm called Peregrine. Like the falcon. People call me Perry.'
She smiled. 'We're alike, Perry. My voice is called a falcon soprano.'
His hand brushed past her cheek and slid into her hair. 'We're the same, Aria.”
― Veronica Rossi, quote from Through the Ever Night
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