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Basically I'm an optimist. Intellectually I can see man's balance is about fifty-fifty, and his chances of blowing himself up are about one to one. I can't see this any way but intellectually. I'm just emotionally unable to believe that he will do this. This means that I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist, I suppose.

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He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery.

William Golding

The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.

William Golding

William Golding

William Golding

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Born: September 19, 1911

Died: June 19, 1993 (aged 81)

Bio: Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.

Known for:

Lord of the Flies (1954)
The Inheritors (1955)
The Spire (1964)
Pincher Martin (1956)
Free Fall (1959)

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