THICKETS in Classic Quotes

1  At last he examined the thicket itself.

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

2  Beyond the thicket, the tribe was cheering.

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

3  One of the twins was there, outside the thicket, with Jack and Roger.

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

4  Presently he saw open space, and the green leaves of the edge of the thicket.

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

5  He felt with his hands and found cool, delicate fronds backed against the thicket.

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

6  I'll lie up close; in that thicket down there," he whispered, "so keep them away from it.

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

7  Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused.

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

8  That was the place to be in, hidden, and next to the thicket that would serve for tomorrow's hideout.

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

9  He wormed his way through the thicket toward the forest, keeping as far as possible beneath the smoke.

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

10  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

11  Within seconds he was worming his way into the thicket; but not before he had glimpsed the legs of a savage coming toward him.

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

12  At last Ralph wormed out of the ferns and sneaked forward to the edge of that impenetrable thicket that fronted the neck of land.

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

13  At his right hand, and only a few feet away, the whole thicket bent and the roots screamed as they came out of the earth together.

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

14  A moment later the earth jolted, there was a rushing sound in the air, and the top of the thicket was cuffed as with a gigantic hand.

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

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  The great rock that had killed Piggy had bounded into this thicket and bounced there, right in the center, making a smashed space a few feet in extent each way.

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

17  At first light he would creep into the thicket, squeeze between the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed.

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