#recognizingimpliedmeanings

“Why does the disorder of a forgotten garden move me as my tended yards never did?”

“Fox or woman? Fox or man? The forest is very wide and paths are very narrow.”

“I was surprised by how many things people seemed to need around them; the only things we had as foxes were a few bones left over from our kills, brought home to gnaw free of marrow.”

'You don't work. One group claims women support you. Another group claims you're impotent.' 'No,' I said. 'I just had an accident.'

“He could feel Piggy’s head against his shoulder and the convulsive grip of a hand”

“He looked at Ralph, his thin body tensed, his spear held as if he threatened him”

“I want your permission to do what I think is good this night. It is, I know, much to ask; and when you know what it is I propose to do you will know, and only then, how much.”

“Lio is just a friend.”