SILENCE in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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1 Ralph raised a hand for silence.
2 The assembly was shocked into silence.
3 Then at last Maurice broke the silence.
4 Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence.
5 He went on in the silence, borne on his triumph.
6 For a long time there was silence and no apparent movement.
7 His voice was loud and savage, and struck them into silence.
8 As the echoes died away so did the laughter, and there was silence.
9 Tormented by the silence and the refusal the assembly broke into a chant.
10 He noticed Ralph's scarred nakedness, and the sombre silence of all four of them.
11 The silence was so complete that they could hear the unevenness of Piggy's breathing.
12 As an answer Jack dropped into the uncomprehending silence that followed it the one crude expressive syllable.
13 A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now that darkness and silence made it so noticeable.
14 This generosity brought a spatter of applause from the boys, so that Jack grinned at them, then waved the conch for silence.
15 The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat, and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects.
16 Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly.
17 Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages.
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