#island

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 looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?” “Yes!” whispered all the children. “Let’s! ↗

— Enid Blyton

#children #island #lonely #mysterious #running-away

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#family #georgian #island #russian #via

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#chaos #citizens #colonial #french #haiti

I love to cook, my husband and I collect wine, and in my head, I am always on Sullivan's Island, walking the beach listening to the song of the ocean. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

#am #beach #collect #cook #head

Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#america #came #crossed #during #elapsed

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. ↗

— Spike Lee

#educated #education #great #had #high

We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers. ↗

— Barney Ross

#eight #enterprise #force #gilbert #got

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. ↗

— Gavin MacLeod

#identical #island #pacific #princess #ships

I like islands. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#islands #like

People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#come #done #east #fast #francisco