lord of the flies "Important Quotes"

The following quotes are not explained here, though most of their meanings are fairly evident. Some quotes do have a brief explanation in front of them. If the quote is spoken, the speaker is identified after it. If the quote is simply third person narration no speaker is identified ("N/A"). All of these quotes deal with theme or symbolism. Although many printings of this novel exist, the most prevalent seems to be the Perigee Book paper-back (with the drawing of a boy with leaves in his hair on the cover) published by the Berkley Publishing Group and all page numbers refer to this printing.

PG Quote Speaker
15 “Here at last was the imagined but never fully realized place leaping into real life.” N/A
21 “For a moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy on the outside...” N/A
29 “Eyes shining, mouths open, triumphant, they savored the right of domination.” N/A
31 “They knew very well why he hadn’t [killed the piglet]: because of the enormi...