Lord of the Flies

"Perhaps that's what they mean by the beast"

"We are all mammals"

"We've got to keep a fire burning."

"The fire is out."

"You'll get back to normal."

"Paint and dazzle."

"Hunting is a powerful thing."

"I am not Piggy. I am Simon."

"The rules are abandoned."

"We had rules. Before he came."

"I'm part of you? Close, Socrates?"

"Conch he'll pay to the conch."

"We are English; and the English are best at everything."

"His specs—use them as burning glass!"

"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast."

"What I mean is... maybe it's us."

"Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it's some sort of ghost."

"The conch is gone—"

"You're thinking too much, Ralph. You're getting Hamlet."

"Life is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be travelling to Mars and to the end of the solar system."

"I'm scared of him. And that's why I know I'm not going to do anything."

"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."

"The rules are the only thing we've got."

"It's a good island."

"There's no knowing where we are."

"We must keep the fire burning."

"I've got the conch, so shut up."

"The conch doesn't count on this end of the island."

"Piggy! Where are you Piggy?"

"Simon was mad."