QUOTES ABOUT THE FIRE IN LORD OF THE FLIES

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” – Piggy

“The only thing we’ve got to fear is ourselves.” – Piggy

“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English.” – Jack

“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast… Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” – The Lord of the Flies

“What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.” – Simon

“The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going?” – Ralph

“If there’s a ship out there, they’ll see the smoke. We must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” – Ralph

“Fire on the mountain! We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?” – Naval Officer

“You let the fire go out.” – Ralph

“His specs – use them as burning glasses!” – Jack

“The fire is the main thing… The boys need to know that there’s somebody looking after things.” – Ralph

“You don’t get enough smoke!” – Roger

“What’s the dirtiest thing there is? Some kids call it ‘hanging.’ But that’s stupid… You get frightened, like the mother did.” – Maurice

“I think we ought to climb the mountain… In case there’s a ship up there.” – Piggy

“How would someone up there see our smoke?… We’d need something like a platform to put it on. Because you can’t have the fire at different places. Like in the forest.” – Piggy BEST SMALLEST QUOTES

“We’ve got to make smoke up there – or die.” – Jack

“When a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” – Ralph

“I saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?” – Naval Officer

“If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” – Ralph

“We must have a fire. We must make a fire.” – Piggy

“The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going?” – Ralph

“You let the fire go out.” – Ralph

“We could have made smoke twice as good as that.” – Maurice

“Smoke’s going up all right. Smoke could do that all right, couldn’t it? Could be roger’s trying. He is queer. He’s queer all right.” – Piggy

“His specs – use them as burning glasses!” – Jack

“We need more wood for the fire. We should have brought them from the start. Now the smoke won’t be seen for miles.” – Jack

“We shan’t make another fire.” – Ralph

“You got your small fire alright.” – Jack

“The fire’s only been out an hour or two.” – Sam