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Quote by William Golding

“We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.”

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William Golding was an English novelist, best known for his novel 'Lord of the Flies'. His works often explore themes of human nature, morality, and civilization. more

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Knows Reason Hands Lines Imagine Mines Creatures Approach Rivers Crosses Mirrors Currents Creator Toes Forbidden Puppets Plunge

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“I call myself a liberal - a classical liberal as in John Stuart Mill.”

Mills

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“Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid that if it ever began to heal she would disappear.”

Ifs Pain Remember Memories Alive Happened Disappear Heal Jennifer Laura

Book:Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

Source: Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie)

“It is a beautiful world for the people who get to play the fist.”

People World Play Beautiful Fists Beautiful World

Author:Lauren Oliver

“I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn't sleepy at all.”

Night Hurt Sleepy

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“What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.”

Important Together Sky Evening Fireworks

Author:Banana Yoshimoto

“If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?”

Ifs Done

Author:John Flanagan

“If and perhaps.... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action.”

People Ifs Action Language Uncertainty Justify Procrastination Ifs And

Author:John Flanagan

“The her that lived in her looked out through her eyes, through my eyes, and at the me that lives in me.”

Eye Her Eyes Through My Eyes

Book:Ghostwritten

Source: Ghostwritten

“The secret is writing down one simple line after another.”

Writing Lines Simple Secret

Author:Charles Bukowski

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