ROCK in Classic Quotes

1  They were guarding the Castle Rock against him.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

2  He stood and peered upwards to the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

3  There were sounds coming from behind the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

4  There were voices raised on the top of the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

5  That must be the top of the Castle Rock, distant and unmenacing.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

6  Someone was muttering, only a few yards away toward the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

7  Far off along the bowstave of beach, three figures trotted toward the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses

8  Savages were clambering up the Castle Rock, right up to the top, and he could hear voices.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

9  High over this end of the island, the shattered rocks lifted up their stacks and chimneys.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

10  Inside was peacock water, rocks and weeds showing as in an aquarium; outside was the dark blue of the sea.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

11  He was not really far from the Castle Rock, and during the first panic he had thought he heard sounds of pursuit.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

12  When Roger came to the neck of land that joined the Castle Rock to the mainland he was not surprised to be challenged.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses

13  No one doubted that the tribe would be found at the Castle Rock and when they came in sight of it they stopped with one accord.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock

14  Then they were apart once more, their positions reversed, Jack toward the Castle Rock and Ralph on the outside toward the island.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock

15  When the green glow had gone from the horizon and night was fully accomplished, Ralph came again to the thicket in front of the Castle Rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

16  They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal heights of air, they had known by some instinct that the sea lay on every side.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

17  On either side rocks, cliffs, treetops and a steep slope: forward there, the length of the boat, a tamer descent, tree-clad, with hints of pink: and then the jungly flat of the island, dense green, but drawn at the end to a pink tail.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell