Quiet place Quote by Roger Rosenblatt

“...once you settle on an island, you never leave, an island holds on to what it has with all its might and main.”

— Roy Jacobsen

“You spend long moments worrying and wondering only to see the wash up on the shore of a sea of wasted hours. Only to…

— Travis Thrasher

“Not good enough. I’m going to buy up all the land around here too. Or maybe I can find an island. We’ll make a…

— Skye Warren

“You will find your Island here. But how can it be here in the middle of the city? -It needs no place. It is…

— C.S. Lewis

“On a more hopeful note, she adds: “Paradise has been lost on much of our agricultural land, but I know it can be regained.”

— Judith D. Schwartz

“A little longer, and I too should say, like all who have made their homes here under the deep banana shade,--            “We will return…

— Isabella L. Bird

“There ain't no island left for islanders like me.”

— Billy Joel

“Indeed, there is something in this valley, some spirit and some life, and much to talk about in the huts. Although nothing has come…

— Alan Paton

“Idle to pretend that we have lost paradise. We never had it; it is still to make.”

— Susan Ertz

“We're all looking for a peaceful and safe place, but maybe there is no such place. But we keep going no matter what's waiting…

— Fuyumi Soryo

“Islands are emblematic not only of solitude but of refuge and sanctuary, the way a small boat is an island in rough seas.”

— Gretel Ehrlich

“I often think about the island. When the kids are older, we'll have quite a story to tell them. We'll edit, of course. We'll…

— Tracey Garvis-Graves