Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

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"See? See? That's what you'll get!"
Jack Merridew
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"The Chief has spoken!"
Jack Merridew Power
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"We hunt the beast with the others."
Jack Merridew Power
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"You can't hunt, you can't fish. How are you going to do anything?"
Jack Merridew
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"I'll give the conch to the next person to speak."
Ralph
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"Hands up. Because I'm calling an assembly."
Ralph Leadership
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"We've got to have rules and obey them."
Ralph Justice
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"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph Leadership
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"Piggy! Piggy!"
Jack Merridew
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"Conch! Conch! We'll have rules."
Ralph
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"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph Leadership
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"I'm frightened. Of us."
Simon Fear
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"Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it's a person. Maybe it's us."
Simon Fear
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"Everything's gone quiet... like the sea is waiting."
Ralph Nature
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"I'm part of you? Close! Aren't you afraid of me?"
Lord of the Flies (The Conch) Fear
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"Couldn't we—just us, we've got a tiny bit of powder and rock..."
Piggy Hope
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"Dressing up as a barbarian."
Piggy
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"We shall have peace."
Piggy Peace
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"All of us are washy and worn out."
Piggy
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"We're English. And the English are best at everything."
Jack Merridew
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"That's how things are."
Simon Wisdom
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"If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him."
Ralph
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"We've got to talk about this calmly."
Piggy Peace
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"There was no sport in it—no real play about it."
Ralph Wisdom
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"I'll blow the conch."
Piggy Justice
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"Hunting is a satisfying hook."
Jack Merridew Adventure
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"The fire is the most important thing. Without the fire we can't be rescued."
Ralph Hope
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"We ought to have a chief to decide things."
Jack Merridew Leadership
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"You don't half look a mess."
Piggy Humor
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"This is our island. It's a good island."
Jack Merridew Power