Lord of the Flies Quotes
"They used to call me Piggy!'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 1 |
"'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 2 |
"The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch.3 |
"He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 4 |
"'Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us.'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 5 |
"Even the sounds of nightmare from the other shelters no longer reached him, for he was back to where came from, feeding the ponies with sugar over the garden wall."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 6 |
"'Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 7 |
"'You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 8 |
"The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 9 |
"You can't tell what he might do."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 10 |
"'after all we aren't savages really...'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 11 |
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12 |