Bethany Watts

“Wave after wave, Ralph followed the rise and fall until something of the remoteness of the sea numbed his brain. Then gradually the almost infinite size of this water forced itself oh his attention. This was the divider, the barrier. On the other side of the island, swathed at midday with mirage, defended by the shield of the quiet lagoon, one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned, one was-”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods: Tenth Anniversary

“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
― Emily Dickinson

“The greatest ideas are the simplest. Now there was something to be done they worked with passion.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies