Amount Quote by Paul Theroux

“At times, working in big cities far from nature, I have been sick with nesomania, and I think the reason is this: On the…

— James A. Michener

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,…

— Tove Jansson

Islands are gregarious animals, they decorate the ocean in conveys.

— Stella Benson

I like islands.

— Dominic Monaghan

Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation.

— David Quammen

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the…

— Jared Diamond

An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancyfor building…

— Henry David Thoreau

Islands are natural workshops of evolution.

— Richard Dawkins

Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.

— Albert Camus

Islands are reminders of arrivals and departures.

— Gretel Ehrlich

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in…

— Thomas Paine

Islands are where species go to die.

— David Quammen