# Quote — William Golding, Lord of the Flies

> What was the sensible thing to do?
>
> There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch.

- 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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## More from this book

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

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

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> "You want a pig," said Roger, "like in a real hunt."
>
> "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 —"
>
> "You want a real pig," said Robert, still caressing his rump, "because you've got to kill him."
>
> "Use a littlun," said Jack, and everybody laughed.

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