Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

P
"The rules!"
Piggy
S
"What I mean is... maybe it's us."
Simon
J
"Nobody knows we're here. Your dad doesn't know. Nobody knows."
Jack Merridew
L
"I am the Lord of the Flies."
Lord of the Flies (The Conch)
J
"Samneric are not to be trusted."
Jack Merridew
R
"He'll beat Wilfred now for sure."
Roger
J
"This is a hunter's job."
Jack Merridew
R
"We could stay here till we died."
Ralph
R
"The Conch is a symbol of our rules and our civilization."
Ralph
J
"We'll have to do without the conch."
Jack Merridew Power
J
"His specs – use them as burning glasses!"
Jack Merridew
P
"You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, horrid, beastie!"
Piggy
R
"We've got to talk about this calmly."
Ralph
P
"I got the conch. I have the right to speak."
Piggy Justice
R
"We can't have everybody talking at once. We'll have to have 'Hands up' like at school."
Ralph
S
"Maybe the beast is part of us?"
Simon Philosophy
S
"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!"
Simon Wisdom
J
"What's the use of my hunting if I don't kill?"
Jack Merridew Power
L
"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast."
Lord of the Flies (The Conch)
S
"He's a proper Chief, is Ralph. He knows how to treat people."
Simon Leadership
R
"Piggy! Piggy!"
Ralph Friendship
J
"We are English; and the English are best at everything."
Jack Merridew
J
"Bollocks to the rules!"
Jack Merridew
R
"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph
R
"Conch! Conch! We will have rules."
Ralph
P
"Life is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll fetch us."
Piggy Hope
R
"The fire's the most important thing. Without the fire, we can't be rescued."
Ralph Hope
S
"Maybe there is a beast."
Simon Fear
P
"The rules! You're breaking the rules!"
Piggy
R
"I'll be chief."
Ralph Leadership