Lord of the Flies Quotes
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He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.
"I went on. I thought, by myself—"
The madness came into his eyes again.
"I thought I might kill."
Context
It's still early in Lord of the Flies, but Jack is already feeling the savage.
The million-dollar question: is this Jack's real nature, subdued by culture, or is the island making him think and feel this way? That's one of the central concerns of the novel, and it'll only get more complicated as things get bleaker.
Where you've heard it
Hopefully you've never heard anyone say "the madness came into his eyes again." But the question of what's innate in a person and what's learned? That's a topic that comes up over and over and over again.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
This one's too creepy to even rate.