Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

J
"Why do you have to keep on going? Don't you want to stay here with us?"
Jack Merridew Friendship
P
"The conch is gone."
Piggy Power
R
"Let him have the conch."
Ralph Leadership
J
"There's no real smoke without fire."
Jack Merridew Wisdom
R
"We've got plenty of time."
Ralph Time
J
"You like me less since the painted faces."
Jack Merridew Change
R
"The rules are civilisation."
Ralph Philosophy
J
"I could swim back home."
Jack Merridew Hope
R
"We know what we're going to do."
Ralph Wisdom
J
"Piggy! Piggy!"
Jack Merridew Power
R
"You'll see, when we get out of here."
Ralph Hope
R
"We'll have to look after ourselves."
Ralph Leadership
P
"The rules! The rules!"
Piggy Leadership
J
"Seem like we don't need the conch anymore."
Jack Merridew Power
J
"Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"
Jack Merridew Philosophy
P
"Conch he must blow. Meeting. Rules!"
Piggy Leadership
J
"I ought to be chief, I ought to be chief."
Jack Merridew Power
S
"The beast is part of us."
Simon Philosophy
J
"Maybe there is a beast."
Jack Merridew Fear
S
"I'm scared. Of us."
Simon Fear
R
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."
Ralph Leadership
R
"The rules are the only thing we've got."
Ralph Leadership
R
"We should have a signal fire."
Ralph Wisdom
R
"The tide is going out."
Ralph Nature
J
"I ought to be chief."
Jack Merridew
S
"The beast is part of us."
Simon Truth
P
"My asthma."
Piggy
S
"I see things and I wonder why."
Simon Wisdom
P
"The conch is mine."
Piggy Justice
R
"We are English and we are civilized."
Ralph