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“I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“People don't help much.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!"
"Who cares?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“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.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued."
"If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals anyway.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. Once there was this and that; and now-and the ship had gone.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human and the ambushing fears of the deep night were coming on.

Ralph moaned faintly. Tired though he was, he could not relax and fall into a well of sleep for fear of the tribe. Lying there in the darkness, he knew he was an outcast.

"'Cos I had some sense.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“They always been making trouble, haven't they?"
The voice came near his shoulder and sounded anxious.
"We can do without 'em. We'll be happier now, won't we?”
― Golding William, Lord of the Flies

“He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies