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Island Quotes (page 10)

Sometimes, from beyond the skycrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island. Albert Camus
Why slum it where people were burdened by yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that? By history? Here, on the Island, they had learnt how to deal with history, how to sling it carelessly on your back and stride out across the download with the breeze in your face. Julian Barnes
People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years. Ian Fleming
They don't have intelligence. They have what I like to call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences. That's how you get an island like this. From thintelligent thinking. Michael Crichton
Now all the mountains had been conquered and astronauts had walked in space. There were no more islands on earth—no matter how small—left to be discovered. Paulo Coelho
When I had no books and had to learn everything I needed off by heart, and when I had to hide what books I had, I promised myself a library filled with the best editions I could afford. I have it now. Books bought out of books. A red room with deep chairs and a fireplace lit. Books of every kind, but no paperbacks, and certain shelves where First Editions are. This is not my study, where there are plenty of paperbacks, it is a contemplative island cut off from busyness, set outside of time. Jeanette Winterson
The officer grinned cheerfully at Ralph. 'We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?' Ralph nodded. The officer inspected the little scarecrow in front of him. The kid needed a bath, a haircut, a nose-wipe and a good deal of ointment. 'Nobody killed, I hope? Any dead bodies?' 'Only two. And they've gone.' The officer leaned down and looked closely at Ralph. 'Two? Killed?' Ralph nodded again. Behind him, the whole island was shuddering with flame. The officer knew,... William Golding
I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laurie Anderson quote: "And there was a beutiful view. But nobody could see. Cause..."
And there was a beutiful view. But nobody could see. Cause everybody on the island. Was saying Look at me! Look at me. Laurie Anderson
They can't hurt me. Sure, they can crush you and kill you. They can lay you out on 42nd and Broadway and put hoses on you and flush you in the sewers and put you on the subway and carry you out to Coney island and bury you on the Ferris wheel. But I refuse to sit here and worry about dying. Bob Dylan
J. M. Barrie quote: "They were going round and round the island, but they did not..."
They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate. J. M. Barrie
J. G. Ballard quote: "Each man is an island unto itself" - Strangman"
Each man is an island unto itself" - Strangman J. G. Ballard
Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp islands. It spots and kills anything it touches. It kills love; it kills art; I greatly fear, my dear Charles, it has killed you. Evelyn Waugh
And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people. Chuck Palahniuk
William Golding quote: "The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent..."
The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers... Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island. William Golding

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