Quotes on Islands

The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.

Author: Jack Adams

In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves.

Author: James Bent

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Author: Richard Burton

The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

Author: Christo

We're performing several shows in the Canary Islands.

Author: George Duke

My boyhood saw Greek islands floating over Harvard Square.

Author: Horace Gregory

The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small islands about ten miles further, stopped for the night at Piper's landing, opposite another island.

Author: Meriwether Lewis

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

Author: Anne Lindbergh

I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.

Author: Parker Stevenson