Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

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"Life is scientific."
Piggy Knowledge
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"The only thing we've got is us."
Ralph Friendship
P
"My father's in the Navy."
Piggy Hope
J
"Bollocks to the rules!"
Jack Merridew
R
"The conch is a totem."
Ralph Power
J
"I'll be chief."
Jack Merridew Leadership
R
"Piggy! Piggy!"
Ralph Friendship
J
"His specs—use them as burning glasses!"
Jack Merridew
R
"You can't have everybody looking after you."
Ralph
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"Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it's always there, only invisible."
Simon Fear
S
"The beast is a part of us."
Simon Wisdom
S
"We are all drifting and things won't be okay."
Simon Fear
J
"The conch doesn't count on this end of the island."
Jack Merridew Power
P
"There is no beast."
Piggy Truth
P
"I'm scared."
Piggy Fear
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"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."
Ralph
J
"The rules! ... We shall have to make a lot of rules now we want to have fun."
Jack Merridew Leadership
P
"We are in a democratic society."
Piggy Philosophy
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"The conch, it's going to be the one with the conch."
Piggy
R
"I'm calling an assembly."
Ralph Leadership
J
"The beast can't swim."
Jack Merridew
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"My dad's in the Navy. He'll be coming to rescue us."
Piggy Hope
J
"We could stay here till we wanted to go home."
Jack Merridew Imagination
P
"I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you."
Piggy Relationships
R
"Let's not talk about the beast."
Ralph Fear
P
"The rules!"
Piggy Leadership
J
"Shut up, Fatty."
Jack Merridew
J
"If you're scared of him you ought to say so."
Jack Merridew Courage
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"Grown-ups won't believe."
Ralph Truth
J
"We shall take fire from the old camp."
Jack Merridew Leadership