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Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?"
Lord of the Flies (1954)
However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun."
Lord of the Flies (1954)
What was the sensible thing to do?
There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!"
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"Aren't there any grownups at all?"
"I don't think so."
The fair boy said this solemnly; but then the delight of a realized ambition overcame him. In the middle of the scar he stood on his head and grinned at the reversed fat boy.
"No grownups!"
Lord of the Flies (1954)
There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"I was the only boy in our school what had asthma," said the fat boy with a touch of pride. "And I've been wearing specs since I was three."
Lord of the Flies (1954)
"Aren't you going to swim?"
Piggy shook his head.
"I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma—"
"Sucks to your ass-mar!"
Piggy bore this with a kind of humble patience.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
Jack stood up as he said this, the bloodied knife in his hand. The two boys faced each other. There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill; and there was the world of longing and baffled common-sense.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
Lord of the Flies (1954)