UNDERSTANDABLE in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 But nobody else understands about the fire.
2 Jack looked round for understanding but found only respect.
3 The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
4 Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed.
5 He noticed, without understanding, how the flames were visible now against the dull light.
6 The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
7 He was searching his mind for simple words so that even the littluns would understand what the assembly was about.
8 Now it was Ralph's turn to flush but he spoke despairingly, out of the new understanding that Piggy had given him.
9 Ralph sighed, sensing the rising antagonism, understanding that this was how Jack felt as soon as he ceased to lead.
10 He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.
11 He was also a distant relative of that other boy whose mulberry-marked face had not been seen since the evening of the great fire; but he was not old enough to understand this, and if he had been told that the other boy had gone home in an aircraft, he would have accepted the statement without fuss or disbelief.