Lord of the flies Quotes

“The thing is--fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”

“-I got the conch!" --Piggy (in Lord of the Flies), attempting Democracy”

“If you leave a bunch of eleven-year-olds to their own devices, what you get is Lord of the Flies. Like a lot of American kids, I read this book in school. Presumably it was not a coincidence. Presumably someone wanted to point out to us that we were savages, and that we had made ourselves a cruel and stupid world. This was too subtle for me. While the book seemed entirely believable, I didn't get the additional message. I wish they had just told us outright that we were savages and our world was stupid.”

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

“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.”

“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”

“Perhaps there is a beast...maybe it's only us.”

“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.”

“-No, not it...I mean...what makes things break up like they do?-Piggy rubbed his glasses slowly and thought. When he understood how Ralph had gone towards accepting him he flushed pinkly with pride.-I donnot, Ralph. I expect it's him.--Jack?--Jack- A tabo”

“What else is there to do?”