Quotes from William Golding

Eso le hacía a uno pensar; porque pensar era algo valioso que lograba resultados...

Not them. Didn't you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They're all dead.

The trouble was, if you were a chief you had to think, you had to be wise. And then the occasion slipped by so that you had to grab at a decision. This made you think; because thought was a valuable thing, that got results...

They would reach the castle some time; and the chief would have to go forward.

He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest toward the open beach.

Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.

Allusions to Golding's book can be found in movies (Hook with Robin Williams), television (a stand-up comedy bit in Seinfeld, "The Library," season 3, episode 5), the novels of Stephen King, and contemporary music. Three of the most powerful and relevant songs that reference the novel include U2's "Shadows and Tall Trees," Iron Maiden's "Lord of the Flies," and The Offspring's "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid.

Lo sapevi no? .. che io sono una parte di te? Vieni vicino, vicino, vicino. Che io sono la ragione per cui non c'è niente da fare? Per cui le cose vanno come vanno? La risata echeggiò di nuovo. Su disse il Signore delle Mosche .. torna dagli altri, e dimenticheremo tutto quanto.

He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest towards the open beach.

They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.

We don't want you,' said Jack, flatly. 'Three's enough.' Piggy's glasses flashed. 'I was with him when he found the conch. I was with him before anyone else was.

They were reminded of their personal sorrows; and perhaps felt themselves to share in a sorrow that was universal.

This dreadful eruption from an unknown world

The sun was bright and danger had faded with the darkness.

Now that his physical voice was silent, the inner voice of reason, and other voices too, made themselves heard.

Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?

Hi!' it said, 'wait a minute!

The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned.

Acting like a crowd of kids/ the mask was a thin thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness/ He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in return/ They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought"?Lord of the Flies?

Allí estaba el mundo deslumbrante de la caza, la táctica, la destreza y la alegría salvaje; y allí estaba también el mundo de las añoranzas y el sentido común desconcertado.

Percival Wemys Madison, of the Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, lying in the long grass, was living through circumstances in which the incantation of his address was powerless to help him.

Now to be precise. I had seen the whole building as an image of living, praying man. But inside it was a richly written book to instruct that man.

They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned

Hayat?n belli bir düzeni yoktur, Summers. Edebiyat?n kusuru da ona bir düzen vermeye kalkmas?d?r.