He was as fitted to survival in this modern world as a tapeworm in an intestine.
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The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off.
William Golding
Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if, at any point between the beginning and the end of his journey he stops moving and does not get off the bicycle, he will fall off it. That is a metaphor for the journey through life of any living thing, and I think of any society of living things.
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My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.
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