Famous quote by William Golding

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"Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of"

- William Golding

About this Quote

This quote recommends that youth is a momentary state of being that a person at some point outgrows. It indicates that youth is a period of naivety and also innocence that is eventually changed by maturation and experience.

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This quote is written / told by William Golding between September 19, 1911 and June 19, 1993. He/she was a famous Novelist from England. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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