SOMETHING in Classic Quotes

1  He felt himself facing something ungraspable.

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

2  Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something.

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

3  He muttered something about a swim and broke into a trot.

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

4  Piggy was shouting something, his face pleased, his glasses flashing.

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

5  Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along.

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

6  The twins moved toward Jack and began to protest timidly about something.

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

7  He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.

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

8  Like things trying to look like something else-- He twisted in the urgency of telling.

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

9  Clouds of birds rose from the treetops, and something squealed and ran in the undergrowth.

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

10  The pig's head hung down with gaping neck and seemed to search for something on the ground.

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

11  They were chanting, something to do with the bundle that the errant twins carried so carefully.

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

12  Now, finding that something he had said made Ralph smile, he rejoiced and pressed his advantage.

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

13  The ground was hardened by an accustomed tread and as Jack rose to his full height he heard something moving on it.

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

14  But there seemed something more fitting in leaving the last word till they stood on the top, and could see a circular horizon of water.

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

15  And then," said Jack, "when I've had a bathe and something to eat, I'll just trek over to the other side of the mountain and see if I can see any traces.

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

16  As he received the reassurance of something purposeful being done he began to look satisfied, and his only clean digit, a pink thumb, slid into his mouth.

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

17  He was not noticeably darker than when he had dropped in, but the shock of black hair, down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and made what had seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding.

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