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"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 11

"You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 11

"A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 11

surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea!." Ch!. 9

Even the sounds of nightmare from the other shelters no longer reached him, for he was back to where came from, feeding the ponies with sugar over the garden wall!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 6

"The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers!.!.!. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!.3

"Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for the fruit they could not reach!.!.!. passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 3

"'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, Ch!. 2

"Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun!. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before!.!.!.before him small children squatted in the grass!."
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 2

They used to call me Piggy!'"
- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch!. 1


Heres more:

1) Piggy: "We can use this to call the others!. Have a meeting!. They’ll come when they hear us—!."
2) Ralph: "This is our island!. It’s a good island!. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun!."

3) Ralph: "There’s another thing!. We can help them to find us!. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us!. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain!. We must make a fire!."

4) Piggy: "How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper!?"

5) Golding: "There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill, and there was the world of longing and baffled common-sense!."

6) Golding: "However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick!."

7) Golding: "Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands!. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her!. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing!."

8) The Lord of the Flies: "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!?"

9) Golding: "A stick sharpened at both ends!."

10) Ralph, thinking to himself: "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!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

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