Quotes For Tuesday Flashcards
The boys were a closed…
“The boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside.”
“The enormity of…”
“The enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh…”
Piggy: “Acting…”
Piggy: “Acting like a crowd of kids!”
Roger: “Roger’s arm…
Roger: “Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
“The mask was…”
“The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”
Simon: “Maybe…”
Simon: “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
“The world, that understandable…”
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
“This dreadful eruption…”
“This dreadful eruption from an unknown world made her frantic.”
Jack: “How…”
Jack: “How could we - kill - it?”
Ralph: “Let the…”
Ralph: “Let the fire go then, for to-night.”
“His head opened…”
“His head opened and stuff came out and turned red.”
“I should have…”
“I should have thought that a pack of British boys… would have been able to put up a better show than that…”
“Ralph wept for…”
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of a true wise friend called Piggy.”
