Simon Quotes Lord of the Flies

Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it’s only us.

We can’t really be happy without being civilized.

What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.

Maybe there is a beast, but if the beast’s only inside us, then we’re gonna be okay.

We’ll have to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages.

You can’t convince people of anything you say or do.

Maybe there is no beast… maybe it’s only a part of us.

Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!

Simon’s always throwing a faint.

You’ll get back to where you came from.

What else is there to run from but ourselves?

You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!

Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach.

We’ve got to find the others. We’ve got to find the others.

Aren’t you afraid of me?

Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.

I don’t believe in the beast.

Simon shook his head violently till the coarse hair flew backwards.

The Lord of the Flies is a gift.

Life… is scientific, that’s what it is.

Simon did not take the conch… but looked round the circle of boys.

All the same, you need an army for hunting. Hunting pigs.

I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry.

What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.

The beast is harmless and horrible.

There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the beast.

Simon felt a flicker of incredulous amusement.

Simon swayed, feeling the world darken around him…

Simon is saying that the beast is inside us.

I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry.

The thing is: when you kill a pig, don’t cut its throat.

I expect you’ve got quite a lot of meat?

I’m going to wash… and watch the pigs.

It must wound his vanity.

There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the beast.

Don’t you want to be rescued?

Simon was the latest to go, after the martyrdom of his pity.

Simon is saying that the beast is inside us.

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

I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry.

It was an accident. Like Piggy and the fire.

I just think you’ll get back all right.

What else is there to run from but ourselves?

Well. It’s a good island.

I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry.

I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry.

Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!

Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach.

Simon was the one that gave me the bloody nose.

Simon’s always throwing a faint.