Quotes About Island

me voici dans l'île – pour ressentir le besoin d'une écriture plus vagabonde qui, à l'extrême, n'a d'autre objet qu'elle-même : ce qu'on nomme littérature.

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.

It was the inverse of an island in the sea.

Then, unbelievably, out of the mist came the miracle. First two points of mast, then sails, transparent and wraithlike in the fog, then, as Kit strained her eyes, the looming hull, the prow, and the curved tail of a fish. The Dolphin! Glory be to heaven! The most beautiful sight in the world! The Dolphin, moving down toward Wright's Island on a steady breeze.

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 your pants, jump off the boat and wade in through the surf on your own power. There's absolutely no way to do this without getting soaking wet or even banged up on the coral, but it's worth all the trouble because the beach here is so beautiful, so special

Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too).

Oh well, I'll be sure to pick you up again somewhere. It isn't a very big island, and you are a conspicuous object, driving round it.' This was true. So long as I was on that island I could not hope to escape Charlotte. I entered Binz in a state of moody acquiescence. Every

the tenth of May, 1916, and they were standing at last on the island from which they had sailed 522 days before.

would remain on the south side of the island and three of the party would go overland to bring help.

The nearest known place where they might at least find food and shelter was tiny Paulet Island

craggy peak off the port bow. It was Annenkov Island

Shackleton made the decision on the spot: they would abandon the effort to reach Clarence or Elephant Island

The plan, as they all knew, was to march toward Paulet Island, 346 miles to the northwest

My opinion is that the chances of getting to Paulet Is. now are about 1 in 10. . . .

it seemed that they would simply pass Paulet Island by.

you look like the spirit of the island, with moss in your hair and wind in your eyes, and sun and stars mixed in your face.

The eeriness of this lonely island, set among a million willows, swept by a hurricane, and surrounded by hurrying deep waters, touched us both, I fancy. Untrodden by man, almost unknown to man, it lay there beneath the moon, remote from human influence, on the frontier of another world, an alien world, a world tenanted by willows only and the souls of willows. And we, in our rashness, had dared to invade it, even to make use of it!

In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland,At the sea-down's edge between windward and lee,Walled round with rocks as an inland island,The ghost of a garden fronts the sea.

On a clear day you can see Prince Edward Island , we would say. Not "forever", just Prince Edward Island.

Of course I believe in ghosts. I just don't think they'd waste their time haunting an Island where no one ever goes.

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

I had a very spoilt childhood. Not that my family were incredibly wealthy, but we lived on the beautiful island of Hawaii where everything was lush and in abundance.

Majorca is this destination where, you know, you have a lot of money, but you want to go somewhere quite exclusive. And the culture of the island is still traditionally Spanish. It hasn't been infested by tourists. I think, in the '20s or something, an extremely wealthy person built this little kingdom of villas.

One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.