We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?
We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
Listen, Ralph. Never mind what's sense. That's gone
Life's scientific, but we don't know, do we? Not certainly, I mean.
He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear
This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and a shirt.
His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon...
Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!
At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
We're not savages. We're English.
We musn't let anything happen to Piggy, must we?
The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.
The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.
Le più grandi idee sono le più semplici.
Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no.
You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!
You'll get back to where you came from.
What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?
Towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars. Then the breeze died too and there was no noise save the drip...
The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble...