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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 I can't decide what to do straight off.
2 Ralph raised his head off his forearms.
3 He must have flown off after he dropped us.
4 Piggy was looking determined and began to take off his shorts.
5 He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.
6 Ralph wiped the salt water off his lips and tried again, but the shell remained silent.
7 Piggy took off his glasses and blinked at the assembly while he wiped them on his shirt.
8 Ralph, Jack and Simon jumped off the platform and walked along the sand past the bathing pool.
9 Piggy took off his shoes and socks, ranged them carefully on the ledge, and tested the water with one toe.
10 He took off his glasses and held them out to Ralph, blinking and smiling, and then started to wipe them against his grubby wind-breaker.
11 He jumped off the palm terrace into the sand and his trousers fell about his ankles; he stepped out of them and trotted to the platform.
12 He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water.
13 Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead.
14 He became conscious of the weight of clothes, kicked his shoes off fiercely and ripped off each stocking with its elastic garter in a single movement.
15 Any day there may be a ship out there"--he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon--"and if we have a signal going they'll come and take us off.
16 Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
17 Then he leapt back on the terrace, pulled off his shirt, and stood there among the skull-like coconuts with green shadows from the palms and the forest sliding over his skin.
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