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Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

We are the first generation raised without God. We are creatures with strong religious impulses, yet they have nowhere to flow in this world of malls and TV, Kraft dinners and jets. How do we cope with loneliness? Anxiety? The collapse of relationships? <

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“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Hatred, Confused

“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, romance, Love And Hate, Lovers, Love & Relationships

“The thing is - fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, hurt, Pain, Dream

“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: Adulthood, adult life, Adult vs. Teen, Life, adult world

“The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: humanity, monsters, Animals

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

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: gender, Equality, superior

“The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”

— William Golding, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, Pain, Dreams