Quote by William Waterman Sherman

“Here on the coast of Normandy, at this hour of the morning, I needed no one. The very gulls’ presence bothered me: I drove…

— Emil Cioran

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

— Billy Joel

“She took the sea with her Not beaches but the grey relentless Irish sea, its rhythm and the crying gulls.”

— Caroline Davies

“They are a bunch of fish covered in feathers trying to convince the public they can fly, and I am simply a bird in…

— Erin Morgenstern

“Sometimes the isle was thick with savages, with whom we fought, sometimes full of dangerous animals that hunted us, but in all my fancies…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Only one ship is seeking us, a black- Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back A huge and birdless silence. In her wake No waters…

— Philip Larkin

“The island had come to seem one of those places seen from the train that belong to a life in which we shall never…

— Arthur Ransome

“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

“Tom tingled at the knowledge that he was the only one to hear any of it: the only living man for the better part…

— M.L. Stedman

“As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the…

— James Jones

“ Stay in the boat , I told myself, watching them walk up to the pavilion. I'll just stay in the boat. I won't…

— Merrie Haskell

“Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.”

— Joyce Rachelle