Lord of the Flies Key Quotes

"Maybe there is a beast... maybe it's only us."
1. Chapter 5
'We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
1. Chapter 2, Jack to the group
"He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."
1. Chapter 4
"'Life . . . is scientific . . . .I know there isn't no beast . . . but I know there isn't no fear, either . . . .Unless we get frightened of people.'"
1. Chapter 5
"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
1. Chapter 5
"'Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!'"
1. Chapter 9
"There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws."
1. Chapter 9
"'We should be looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed — after all we aren't savages really . . . .'"
1. Chapter 11
"What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense."
1. Chapter 12
The boys found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society.
1. Chapter 9

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