What did William Golding mean by: Are we savages or what? William Golding Author · United Kingdom Copy
+ No human endeavour can ever be wholly good… it must always have a cost. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Golding, Ambiguity, Imperfection, Sacrifice, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Golding, Fun, Innocence, Isolation, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us. Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, William Golding, Fear, Humanity, Identity, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Golding, Coexistence, Conflict, Harm, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Golding, Communication, Fear, Urgency, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ But forgiveness must not only be given but received also. Author, June 21, 2023January 2, 2025, William Golding, Forgiveness, Healing, Reciprocity, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ We just got to go on, that’s all. That’s what grownups would do. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Golding, Maturity, Perseverance, Resilience, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
+ You’ll get back to where you came from. Author, July 20, 2023January 2, 2025, William Golding, Fate, Origins, Reunion, 0 William Golding Author · United Kingdom
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. Read explanation Jennifer Stone Actress · USA
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing. Freya Stark Explorer · United Kingdom
