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'Lord of the Flies' Quotes

William Golding's Famous & Controversial Novel

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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

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Study Guide Here are more quotes from Lord of the Flies:
  • "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 11

  • "Roger advanced... as one wielding a nameless authority."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 11

  • "'They're not as bad as that. It was an accident.'"
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone...."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "A star appeared... and was momentarily eclipsed by some movement."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "Ralph launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with the spear, and the savage doubled up."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?"
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "You'll get back."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "He saw a shelter burst into flames and the fire flapped at his right shoulder."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "In the stern-sheets another rating held a sub-machine gun."
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "'I should have thought that a pack of British boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that.'"
    - William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12

  • "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

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