# Quote — William Golding, Lord of the Flies

> Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him.
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> "What are you doing out here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?"
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> Simon shook.
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> "There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast."
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> Simon's mouth labored, brought forth audible words.
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> "Pig's head on a stick."
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> "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you?" said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?"

- Author: [William Golding](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding.md)
- Book: [Lord of the Flies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/simons-head-was

## More from this book

> "Aren't you going to swim?"
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> Piggy shook his head.
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> "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma—"
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> "Sucks to your ass-mar!"
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> Piggy bore this with a kind of humble patience.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/arent-you-going.md)

> However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/however-simon-thought.md)

> "You want a pig," said Roger, "like in a real hunt."
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> "Or someone to pretend," said Jack. "You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act — you know, pretend to knock me over and all that —"
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> "You want a real pig," said Robert, still caressing his rump, "because you've got to kill him."
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> "Use a littlun," said Jack, and everybody laughed.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/you-want-a-pig.md)