Island Quotes

759 Island quotes by 605 unique authors

Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never… — Herman Melville
You asked my opinion and I gave it. Of course you have to remember that if I’d been on the island with Gilligan, he’d have… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves. — Cassandra Clare
It was true what Jim said, this wasn’t the end but the beginning. But the wars would end one day and Jim would come then,… — Jamie O'Neill
This is a new point in my life, and things are totally changing. But like the sunsets I saw on Tybee Island, the miles I’ve… — Miley Cyrus
There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one… — Juliet Marillier
The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have to roll up… — Elizabeth Gilbert
That summer we had been absolutely alone, together, even when people were around, the only inhabitants of the kind of floating island or magic carpet… — Robert Penn Warren
She has mischievious moments in when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island... — George Bernard Shaw
But anything worth doing is worth doing badly. Like being there by that summer ocean on the other side of the island while love was… — Jack Gilbert
As ever, the original inhabitants of Turtle Island are entirely overlooked. Mysteriously, the only time indigenous people are guaranteed a mainstream Amerikkan mention is on… — Inga Muscio
You might have mentioned this to me Molly,” said Leonard. “The fact that there are hostile natives on the island.” “I forgot,” said Molly. “You… — Dave Barry
I meditate, and when I do, Prince Harry appears in my subconscious and meditates with me. It's a little strange but I don't think there's… — Kristin Cashore
Despite the fact that an Indonesian island chicken has probably had a much more natural life than one raised on a battery farm in England,… — Douglas Adams
Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the… — Roberto Bolano
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of… — Douglas Adams
Each of his phrases was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey. — J D Salinger
No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Alec flushed. "I think it's more important for you to go than me. You're Valentine's son, I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants… — Cassandra Clare
I'm not so sure about this wind and howling darkness business," Jace went on, "smells more like landfill to me. You sure you're not from… — Cassandra Clare
I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at… — Daniel Handler
Life isn't an Island, you have to have other people in your life. — Lauren Conrad
Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us — Maggie Stiefvater
The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now… — Terry Pratchett

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