STAND in Classic Quotes

1  He licked his lips and remained standing.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air

2  There was no place for standing on one's head.

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

3  Jack was standing under a tree about ten yards away.

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

4  He was uncertain whether to stand up or remain sitting.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

5  They murmured agreement; but Jack was standing by his shoulder.

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

6  Far off along the beach, Jack was standing before a small group of boys.

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

7  He can't hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he'd hurt the next thing.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

8  Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell and the shouting died down.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

9  Beyond the hollow was the square top of the mountain and soon they were standing on it.

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

10  The squirrel leapt on the wings of the wind and clung to another standing tree, eating downwards.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

11  Then they stepped back, laughing with triumphant pleasure, so that immediately Ralph had to stand on his head.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

12  Piggy, always clumsy, stood up and came to stand by him, so that Ralph rolled on his stomach and pretended not to see.

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

13  Ralph was standing by a contraption of palm trunks and leaves, a rude shelter that faced the lagoon and seemed very near to falling down.

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

14  Maurice, who had been standing ready to dive, swayed back on his heels, made a bolt for the platform, then swerved back to the grass under the palms.

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

15  He paused in the tumult, standing, looking beyond them and down the unfriendly side of the mountain to the great patch where they had found dead wood.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

16  There, where the island petered out in water, was another island; a rock, almost detached, standing like a fort, facing them across the green with one bold, pink bastion.

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

17  Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality; could say what they would as though they were speaking to only one person.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air