“It's simpler to believe in a miracle.”

“Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [...]Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.”

“I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.”

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”

“What I mean is... maybe it's only us...”

“The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.”

“This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we'll have fun.”