# Pincher Martin

- Author: [William Golding](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/pincher-martin

## Quotes

> Sleep is when all unsorted stuff comes as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/pincher-martin/sleep-is-when.md)

> I will tell you what man is. He is a freak, an ejected foetus robbed of his natural development, thrown out into the world with a naked covering of parchment, with too little room for his teeth and a soft bulging skull like a bubble. But nature stirs a pudding there...

p. 190 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/pincher-martin/i-will-tell.md)