“Jack?” “Jack.” A taboo was evolving round that word too. If a doctor said take this because if you don’t take you’ll die – you would, wouldn’t you?”

If someone threw you a rope when you were drowning. “But nobody else understands about the fire. Now there was something to be done they worked with passion” The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.” “Ralph… would treat the day’s decisions as though he were playing chess. “The trouble is: Are there ghosts, Piggy? Or beasts?”

“If I blow the conch and they don’t come back then we’ve had it. “Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” “You’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. “We’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it.”

“If faces were different when lit from above or below - what was a face? What was anything?” Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” 25 Ralph Lord of the Flies Quotes with page numbers.

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