Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

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"There's no real problem."
Ralph
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"If we don't get rescued soon we'll... we'll be like the animals."
Ralph Fear
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"What I mean is... maybe it's some sort of animal."
Simon Wisdom
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"That's not the way."
Jack Merridew Wisdom
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"We'll try to catch a ship."
Ralph Hope
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"The hunters will provide."
Jack Merridew Power
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"We've got to have rules and obey them."
Ralph Leadership
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"Conch! Conch! We'll have rules!"
Ralph Leadership
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"I got the conch!"
Piggy Leadership
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"My specs! Where are my specs?"
Piggy Wisdom
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"Without the conch we can't have order."
Ralph Leadership
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"The smoke is a signal."
Ralph Hope
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"A fire! We've got to have a fire!"
Ralph Wisdom
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"We ought to be rescued any day now."
Piggy Hope
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"The choir belongs to me."
Jack Merridew Power
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"You can't have everyone talking at once."
Ralph Wisdom
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"The beast won't come near the fire."
Ralph Courage
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"Maybe the beast is part of us."
Simon Truth
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"Evil is part of human nature."
Simon Philosophy
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"Paint and dressing and stalking and the hunt."
Jack Merridew Power
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"We should have a chief to decide things."
Ralph Leadership
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"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph Leadership
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"If this is a good island we ought to make a village."
Jack Merridew Leadership
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"We'll have rules!"
Ralph Leadership
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"Rescue! Yes of course! All we have to do is stay alive till a ship comes."
Ralph Hope
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"We are safe on this island at least."
Piggy Hope
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"Kill the pig. Cut his throat. Spill his blood."
Jack Merridew Power
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"Perhaps there is a beast."
Simon Wisdom
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"Beast? There's no beast. How could there be a beast?"
Ralph Fear
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"There's no grown-ups here."
Piggy Freedom