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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 The assembly was shaken as by a wind.
2 The wind roared once in the forest and pushed their rags against them.
3 Down, down, the waters went, whispering like the wind among the heads of the forest.
4 There was no wind and they were unsuspicious; and practice had made Jack silent as the shadows.
5 Overhead the cannon boomed again and the dry palm fronds clattered in a sudden gust of hot wind.
6 The squirrel leapt on the wings of the wind and clung to another standing tree, eating downwards.
7 Jack, who had said nothing, began to choke and cough, and a gust of wind set all three spluttering.
8 A buffet of wind made him stagger and he saw that he was out in the open, on rock, under a brassy sky.
9 When the wind reached the mountain-top he could see something happen, a flicker of blue stuff against brown clouds.
10 The air moved a little faster and became a light wind, so that leeward and windward side were clearly differentiated.
11 A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now that darkness and silence made it so noticeable.
12 Boys who felt the evening wind on their damp faces paused to enjoy the freshness of it and then found they were exhausted.
13 Then, each time the wind dropped, the lines would slacken and the figure bow forward again, sinking its head between its knees.
14 At that he walked faster, aware all at once of urgency and the declining sun and a little wind created by his speed that breathed about his face.
15 Then the wind roared in the forest, there was confusion in the darkness and the creature lifted its head, holding toward them the ruin of a face.
16 Then, three miles up, the wind steadied and bore it in a descending curve round the sky and swept it in a great slant across the reef and the lagoon toward the mountain.
17 This wind pressed his grey shirt against his chest so that he noticed--in this new mood of comprehension--how the folds were stiff like cardboard, and unpleasant; noticed too how the frayed edges of his shorts were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the front of his thighs.
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