Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player. (William Golding)

Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.

William Golding

Related topics

chess good playing player ralph treat trouble

Related quotes

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes. View quote
Mickey Spillane
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. View quote
Confucius
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. View quote
Arthur Conan Doyle