“She's known sadness. That's what it is. I only just thought that as I wrote it. She's known sadness, and it has made her kind.”
― The Shock of the Fall
― The Shock of the Fall
“If faces were different when lit from above or below -- what was a face? What was anything?”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
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