Island Quotes

759 Island quotes by 605 unique authors

It seems to me,' said Magid finally, as the moon became clearer than the sun, 'that you have tried to love a man as if… — Zadie Smith
Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a… — Anneli Rufus
Now he realized the truth: that sacrifice was no purchase of freedom. It was like a great elective office, it was like an inheritance of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Most humans were on one big island, to the fairies, and that island was adrift on a sea called I Totally Don’t Care. — Charlaine Harris
This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are… — Winston Churchill
Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadn’t realized Edward’s extreme generosity was a learned behavior. Bella — Stephenie Meyer
There was something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots. They were no longer… — Libba Bray
It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women… — Candace Bushnell
It's the silence I imagine in the rest of the world, the silence of an endless ocean and uninhabitable island, a silence that can be… — Lauren DeStefano
And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she… — Chuck Palahniuk
An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within their shores, everything… — Tove Jansson
Yeah. A feeling. Like the whole point of my life from the alleys in Bangkok to the yachts and private island to coming here like… — Michael Grant
The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no way they could… — Jared Diamond
Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic,… — Rick Riordan
Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK. — George R. R. Martin
This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we'll have fun. — William Golding
Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things... — Agatha Christie
Yes. We both have a bad feeling. Tonight we shall take our bad feelings and share them, and face them. We shall mourn. We shall… — Neil Gaiman
The piebald mare paws at the sand; I see her digging out of the corner of my eye and hear her grinding her teeth. That… — Maggie Stiefvater
[on buying a private island] Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it. — Johnny Depp
Some of the memories were not clear---dim human memories, seen through weak eyes and heard through weak ears: the first time I'd seen his face...… — Stephenie Meyer
What happened to the alpha-wolf?" "LEGOs." "Legos?" It sounded Greek but I couldn't recall anything mythological with that name. Wasn't it an island? "He was… — Ilona Andrews
They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate. — James M. Barrie
We’re not dead yet.” – Sundown “Yet is the operative word. If that’s all that’s in the way, I’ll kill you and end it. Ren?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they… — Libba Bray

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