William Golding híres idézetei
William Golding: Idézetek angolul
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“Maybe," he said hesitantly, "maybe there is a beast." […] "What I mean is, maybe it's only us.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!"
"Who cares?”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 5: Beast from Water
Kontextus: "The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!"
"Who cares?"
Ralph summoned his wits.
"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!"
But Jack was shouting against him.
"Bollocks to the rules! We're strong — we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat —!"
“the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 11: Castle Rock - The first edition used the term "painted niggers", later editions changed this to "painted savages" or "painted Indians".
Kontextus: Ralph heard the great rock long before he saw it. He was aware of a jolt in the earth that came to him through the soles of his feet, and the breaking sound of stones at the top of the cliff. Then the monstrous red thing bounded across the neck and he flung himself flat while the tribe shrieked.
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, travelled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across that square, red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone.
This time the silence was complete. Ralph's lips formed a word but no sound came.
Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly.
"See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone —"
He ran forward, stooping.
"I'm Chief!"
“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!”
Változat: Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
Forrás: Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 9: A View to a Death
“The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“We're not savages. We're English.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies
“The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.”
Forrás: Lord of the Flies