LOTF Quotes

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

1. Jack 2. He said this to all of the boys during an assembly in Chapter 5. He was trying to reassure them that there is no beast.

"He came- disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch; and be careful."

1. Jack 2. Jack says this in Chapter 10 about the beast, which he said cam disguised as Simon the previous time.

"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. Jack 2. Jack says this to Ralph and all of the boys in Chapter 2 in response to Ralph's suggestion of rules.

"The head is for the beast. It's a gift"

1. Jack 2. Jack says this to his hunters in Chapter eight after killing the sow.

"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."

1. Jack 2. Jack thinks this in Chapter 4 when he sees Ralph is upset about the fire, and all Jack can think about is how happy he was killing the pig.

"The mask was a thing on its own, behind which [He] hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness."

1. Jack 2. Jack thinks this in Chapter _ when he is preparing to go hunting. The mask allows him to let go of the guilt surrounding hunting.

"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?"

1. Lord of the Flies 2. He said this to Simon in Chapter Eight, in response to the killing of the sow.

"I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D' you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else—"

1. Lord of the Flies 2. He says this to Simon right before he is about to black out in Chapter 8, and at this point in time, the Lord of the Flies had the same voice as his schoolmaster.

"We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?"

1. Navy Officer 2. He says this at the end of Chapter 12 to Ralph after Ralph responds to his "hullo."

"What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?"

1. Piggy 2. Piggy says this in Chapter 5 to all of the boys in response to all the madness starting to happen around the island.

"I'm scared of him... and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe..."

1. Piggy 2. Piggy says this to Ralph about Jack in Chapter 5. He explains why Jack is bad and why he hates Ralph and him.

I'm frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home."

1. Ralph 2. Ralph says this in Chapter 10 to Piggy while they are discussing what happened the previous night at Jack's camp.

"You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!"

1. Ralph 2. Ralph says this in Chapter 11 to Jack when his men capture Samneric.

"That was murder."

1. Ralph 2. Ralph says this to Piggy in Chapter 10 as he is coming to terms with his involvement in the death of Simon.

"[He] 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."

1. Ralph 2. Ralph thinks this in Chapter 12, when the officer asks why they weren't able to keep together more.

"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."

1. Ralph and Piggy 2. They say this after Jack has left with all the other boys except Simon to go hunt the beast in Chapter 5.

"Yet there was a space round [the littlun], perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he (thinker) dare not throw."

1. Roger 2. He was throwing the stones at Henry in Chapter Four, although he wouldn't hit him.

"Maybe there is a beast... maybe it's only us."

1. Simon 2. Simon said this in Chapter Five to the whole group when they were discussing where the beast lives/comes from.

"You'll get back to where you came from."

1. Simon 2. Simon told this to Ralph in Chapter 7 after the whole situation with the dead parachuter.

They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.

1. Simon and Ralph, and you could argue Jack 2. They think this in Chapter 1, after Jack is unable to kill a pig.

"Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood."

1. The hunters 2. They were chanting this after killing a pig for the first time in Chapter 4. this chant continues throughout the novel.

"We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?"

I can't find this quote. I don't even think it's in the book. If you know where it is, please tell me.