“The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”
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Card 17
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“Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
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Card 18
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“They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.”
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Card 19
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“People don't help much.”
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Card 20
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“The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!" "Who cares?”
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Card 21
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“Maybe," he said hesitantly, "maybe there is a beast." [...] "What I mean is, maybe it's only us.”
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Card 22
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“I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.”
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Card 23
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“He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Frowning, he tried again.”
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Card 24
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“His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying d
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Card 25
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“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
