The Inheritors Quotes

“Who would sharpen a point aginst the darkness of the world?”
― William Golding, The Inheritors

“The moon was through to the sunset side of the gap, but its light was hardly noticeable on the earth for the ruddy brilliance of the firelight.”
― William Golding, The Inheritors

“Lok was running as fast as he could. His head was down and he carried his thorn bush horizontally for balance and smacked the drifts of vivid buds aside with his free hand.”
― William Golding, The Inheritors

“Out of the firelight everything was black and silver, black island, rocks and trees carved cleanly out of the sky and silver river with a flashing light rippling back and forth along the lip of the fall.”
― William Golding, The Inheritors

“They are frightened of the air.”
― William Golding, The Inheritors: Introduced by Ben Okri