Islands Quotes

778 Islands quotes by 627 unique authors

You're an island of reality in an ocean of diarrhea. — Jason Mraz
Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I… — Scott O'Dell
I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long… — Meg Cabot
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision. — William Arthur Ward
There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression. — Rick Riordan
I realized I was on a something island. 'How did I get here,' I wondered, surrounded by Nothing, "and how can I get back? — Jonathan Safran Foer
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated… — John Donne
Have any of you taken a look out at Greece in the last, say, hour or so? (Hermes) What? Are they reacting to the fact… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
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
When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite. — Anton Szandor LaVey
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
In this particular tub, two knees jut up like icebergs, while minute brown hairs rise on arms and legs in a fringe of kelp; green… — Sylvia Plath
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
There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki — Tamora Pierce
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

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