RUNNING in Classic Quotes

1  Maurice came running, and stared out to sea.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

2  Soon the sweat was running from his long coarse hair.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

3  Out of the corner of his eye, Ralph saw Piggy running.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

4  I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they'd come running.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

5  He swerved as a spear flew past and then was silent, running.

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

6  The humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

7  Ralph thinks you're cowards, running away from the boar and the beast.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

8  With the running of the blood Simon's fit passed into the weariness of sleep.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death

9  Then Ralph was running beneath trees, with the grumble of the forest explained.

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

10  All at once they were running away, as fast as they could, through the forest toward the open beach.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

11  The pig-run filled with shouting boys again, Jack came running back, and poked about in the undergrowth.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees

12  A nearer cry stood him on his feet and immediately he was away again, running fast among thorns and brambles.

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

13  There was a shout from beyond the thicket and then Ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth.

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

14  He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide.

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

15  Sooner or later he would have to sleep or eat--and then he would awaken with hands clawing at him; and the hunt would become a running down.

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

16  The tide was running so that long streaks of foam tailed away from the reef and for a moment they felt that the boat was moving steadily astern.

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

17  Toward noon, as the floods of light fell more nearly to the perpendicular, the stark colors of the morning were smoothed in pearl and opalescence; and the heat--as though the impending sun's height gave it momentum--became a blow that they ducked, running to the shade and lying there, perhaps even sleeping.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair