Lord of the Flies Quotes
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Source: Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.
Context
Seriously? It took 'em five whole chapters to figure that out?
"Lawful" and "understandable" are kind of equated here. It's not that the civilized world has all the answers (it clearly doesn't), but at least there's a system of actions and consequences. Not so much on an island of plane-wrecked boys.
Where you've heard it
You might hear something along these lines when people feel the justice system is breaking down. The difference? Here, there is no justice system.
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.
If you say it when a ref makes a bad call, we're going to add a few points.