MAURICE in Classic Quotes

1  "Put on green branches," said Maurice.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

2  Roger and Maurice came out of the forest.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

3  He shouted as Maurice came to the surface.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

4  Maurice had got both legs through one leg of his shorts.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

5  Maurice followed, laughing, and added to the destruction.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

6  Maurice flashed a smile at Ralph who slid easily into the water.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

7  Only Percival began to whimper with an eyeful of sand and Maurice hurried away.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

8  In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

9  He leapt to his feet and trotted back to the pool, just as Maurice did a rather poor dive.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

10  Simon was floating in the water and kicking with his feet, and Maurice was practicing diving.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

11  There was Maurice, next in size among the choir boys to Jack, but broad and grinning all the time.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

12  Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

13  Maurice's trousers gave way with a sigh and he abandoned them as a wreck, rushed toward the forest, and then came back again.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

14  Beyond him, Roger could see the platform and the glints of spray where Ralph and Simon and Piggy and Maurice were diving in the pool.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

15  Maurice, who had been standing ready to dive, swayed back on his heels, made a bolt for the platform, then swerved back to the grass under the palms.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

16  The twins, Sam 'n Eric, were the first to get a likely log but they could do nothing till Ralph, Jack, Simon, Roger and Maurice found room for a hand-hold.'

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

17  The decrease in size, from Ralph down, was gradual; and though there was a dubious region inhabited by Simon and Robert and Maurice, nevertheless no one had any difficulty in recognizing biguns at one end and littluns at the other.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair