William Golding quote: With lack of sleep and too much understanding I grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea ...

With lack of sleep and too much understanding I grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea who live too close to each other and too close thereby to all that is monstrous under the sun and moon.

~ William Golding ~

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