I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.
It wasn't Ginger's Island, it was Gilligan's Island.
My love for traveling to islands amounts to a pathological condition known as nesomania, an obsession with islands. This craze seems reasonable to me, because islands are small self-contained worlds that can help us understand larger ones.
Back in the 1800's, Ormsby Island was one of South Carolina's crown jewels. The island was owned by Maxwell Ormsby, a very wealthy man who liked to entertain everyone from heads of state to artists and authors and anyone who knew how to make money in...
The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It l...
Women and glass are always in danger.
Time is longer than a rope.
Every island to a child is a treasure island.
For now I sit on my final island of the present as my radius of memory shrinks; lost already are the islands of work, of old friendships...Other islands fade as I brood upon them.
Teddy Daniels: I could come get you, get, get you off this island. Rachel 2: Haven't you heard a word I've said? The only way off the island is the ferry, and they control it. You'll never leave here.
No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.
What is the good of being an island, if you are not a volcanic island?
I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.
The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
[making fun of Lucy's dad] Conner Rhodes: Sorry, Mr. Egg.
I've never even been to Long Island
My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.
Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
You told us this place was haunted. How haunted is it?" Paul cast a quick glance at the house. "I'm not sure. When they found the bodies twenty years ago, the place became off-limits. That was horror enough. There were whispers of strange stuff going...
Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home t...
