THE ISLAND in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 A pall stretched for miles away from the island.
2 If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us.
3 Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.
4 Holding his breath he cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island.
5 All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone--following Jack.
6 They found the end of the island, quite distinct, and not magicked out of shape or sense.
7 High over this end of the island, the shattered rocks lifted up their stacks and chimneys.
8 But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island.
9 The reef enclosed more than one side of the island, lying perhaps a mile out and parallel to what they now thought of as their beach.
10 He patted the palm trunk softly, and, forced at last to believe in the reality of the island laughed delightedly again and stood on his head.
11 The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk; Ralph's face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing.
12 Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster: and then the island was still.
13 But the island ran true to form and the incredible pool, which clearly was only invaded by the sea at high tide, was so deep at one end as to be dark green.
14 The coral was scribbled in the sea as though a giant had bent down to reproduce the shape of the island in a flowing chalk line but tired before he had finished.
15 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.
16 Evening was advancing toward the island; the sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks, were fainter.
17 On either side rocks, cliffs, treetops and a steep slope: forward there, the length of the boat, a tamer descent, tree-clad, with hints of pink: and then the jungly flat of the island, dense green, but drawn at the end to a pink tail.
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