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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.
2 "I cut the pig's throat," said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.
3 They were regarding him gravely, not yet troubled by any doubts about his sufficiency.
4 He paused, half-frightened by the recollection yet proud of the sensation he was creating.
5 Jack's voice went up, tremulous yet determined, pushing against the uncooperative silence.
6 The disc of the sun was dull silver as though it were nearer and not so hot, yet the air stifled.
7 They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for; yet in a way he was glad to loiter, cradling his spear.
8 Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he stole forward five yards and stopped.
9 He limped away through the fruit trees, drawn by the thought of the poor food yet bitter when he remembered the feast.
10 He was old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood and not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him awkward.
11 But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch.
12 Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity--a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric.
13 The wood he fetched was close at hand, a fallen tree on the platform that they did not need for the assembly, yet to the others the sanctity of the platform had protected even what was useless there.