Wednesday, January 7, 2009

"that strange invisible light of friendship"

The title is a phrase from William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

I have just recently read the book. It was a rush. Thanks Harrison.

A couple of other phrases/lines that I really liked:

"They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate."

"hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten"

"the sun gazed down like an angry eye"

"a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin"

"that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality"

"He sunned himself in their new respect"

There was alot of good stuff in the book. If you haven't read it, it's worth the time. A note about the title... Beelzebub (or Beelzebul) is a demonic name that shows up in the Bible a couple of times. Its literal translation is "lord of the flies."

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