William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies was published in 1954.
The story revolves on a gang of British youths who are shipwrecked on a deserted island and must fend for themselves without the supervision of adults.
Millions of copies of the book have been sold globally, and it has been translated into other languages.
We have curated a list of best quotes from Lord of The Flies for you.
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Lord of the Flies Quotes by William Golding
“You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Are we savages or what?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“We’re not savages. We’re English.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
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Best Lord of the Flies Quotes by William Golding
“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“If faces were different when lit from above or below — what was a face? What was anything?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten.” ~ Golding William, Lord of the Flies
“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.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“If only one had time to think!” ~ William Golding (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?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“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).
Quotes from Lord of the Flies
“Which is better–to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“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.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“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.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The mask was a thing on it’s own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Ralph… would treat the day’s decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
Famous Lord of the Flies Quotes
“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you?’ said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. ‘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?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“People don’t help much.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won’t tell.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“You’ll get back to where you came from.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“They agreed passionately out of the depths of their tormented lives.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
Popular Lord of the Flies Quotes
“The water rose further and dressed Simon’s coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble…” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Life’s scientific, but we don’t know, do we? Not certainly, I mean.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“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.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” ~ William Golding (Lord of the Flies).
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