Lord of the Flies

Book · 6 characters · 637 quotes · 1954

Quotes from Lord of the Flies

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"This is our island. It's a good island."
Jack Merridew Power
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"Rescue! Rescue!"
Jack Merridew Hope
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"We'll have to look after ourselves."
Piggy
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"I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue."
Ralph Leadership
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"Conch! Conch! We'll have rules!"
Ralph Leadership
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"The rules! The rules!"
Ralph
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"Maybe there is a beast."
Simon Fear
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"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."
Ralph Leadership
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"I'm part of the real world and I've tasted blood."
Jack Merridew
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"Anyone who opposes me will be hunted down like a pig."
Jack Merridew
R
"We can't all talk at once. We'll use the conch."
Ralph
P
"The rules are the only thing keeping us civilized."
Piggy
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"Piggy!...Piggy!...Piggy!"
Ralph
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"The beast that I'm speaking of is part of all of us."
Simon Wisdom
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"The conch is a shell, and what's the shell going to do about it?"
Jack Merridew Power
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"It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us."
Jack Merridew
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"We're beaten. All the way."
Ralph
J
"Who cares?"
Jack Merridew
R
"The fire's going out!"
Ralph
J
"I'm part of the real world now."
Jack Merridew Power
P
"My father's in the Navy. He gets things done."
Piggy Hope
P
"There's no real grown-up anywhere."
Piggy
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"Everyone has to stay close beside the camp. All the hunters..."
Ralph
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"I'll split his head like a coconut."
Jack Merridew
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"Simon's always creepy."
Jack Merridew
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"We're all drifting and things are going rotten."
Ralph
J
"The conch doesn't count on this end of the island."
Jack Merridew
J
"We're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
Jack Merridew
R
"The rules!"
Ralph
J
"This is a hunter's job."
Jack Merridew Power