Every novel is a biography. Well, then, this is a novel [The Paper Men] which is a biography that is pretending to be an autobiography. That's what you could say about it.

I think they've got 250 languages in Nigeria, and so English is a sort of lingua franca between the 250 languages.

I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.

Worse than madness. Sanity.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

Are we savages or what?