DARKNESS in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 Ralph peered into the darkness under the trees.
2 Behind this was the darkness of the forest proper and the open space of the scar.
3 A thin wail out of the darkness chilled them and set them grabbing for each other.
4 On two sides was the beach; behind, the lagoon; in front, the darkness of the island.
5 The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life.
6 There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness.
7 There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars.
8 In the darkness of early morning there were noises by a rock a little way down the side of the mountain.
9 At last the way to the top looked like a scramble over pink rock, with no more plunging through darkness.
10 He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet.
11 The twins shared their identical laughter, then remembered the darkness and other things and glanced round uneasily.
12 A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now that darkness and silence made it so noticeable.
13 Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing.
14 The boy himself came forward, vaulted on to the platform with his cloak flying, and peered into what to him was almost complete darkness.
15 When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher and soon the shelters were full of restlessness, under the remote stars.
16 The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees.
17 Eric watched the scurrying woodlice that were so frantically unable to avoid the flames, and thought of the first fire--just down there, on the steeper side of the mountain, where now was complete darkness.
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