Quote by JoAnn Bassett Download Open image ““continued through January, sending visitors fleeing back to the mainland like snorkelers”” — JoAnn Bassett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Will we welcome people who flee submerged coastlines and sinking islands—or will we imprison them?” — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
“Most people ended up, after only a couple of months, far, far away from where they'd intended to go, stuck in some barbed underbrush… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“The trip doesn’t exist that can set you beyond the reach of cravings, fits of temper, or fears … so long as you carry the sources of your troubles about with you, those troubles will continue to harass and plague you wherever you wander on land or on sea. Does it surprise you that running away doesn’t do you any… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share
“We had a lazy voyage, stopping at Fiji and other islands, and finally arrived at Honolulu. It was far more sophisticated than we had imagined with masses of hotels and roads and motor-cars. We arrived in the early morning, got into our rooms at the hotel, and straight away, seeing out of the window the people surfing on the beach,… — Agatha Christie Copy Share
“Emigration tears people apart. They learn about high points and personal disasters in letters and phone calls. Closer contact is impossible. As if they… — Julya Rabinowich Copy Share Image
“Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler, belonging no more to one place… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“crossing the Atlantic under sail remains one of the most fulfilling ways possible to spend a month or so of your precious allotment of… — John Kretschmer Copy Share Image
Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Each year, we rent a house at the edge of the sea and drive there in the first of the summer—with the dog and… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“The danger of venturing into uncharted waters is not nearly as dangerous as staying on shore, waiting for your boat to come in.” — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
“I’d rather be snorkeling in the sea of love. But instead I’m stuck here, in a fully paid, all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“battered Balinese desk. There were supposed to be three piles—those I could pay right away; those I’d pay by the end of February; and… — JoAnn Bassett Copy Share Image
“guess you would call me your ‘auntie’,” I said. “Auntie Pali.” It felt strange to introduce myself that way. I’d gone from having aunties… — JoAnn Bassett Copy Share Image
“the real estate office across the street—marking the spot. The door to my shop creaked open and a pale female face peeked around the… — JoAnn Bassett Copy Share Image
