#islands

…I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. There are people…who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are on an island, a little world surrounded by the sea, fills them with an indescribable intoxication. These born “islomanes”…are direct descendents of the Atlanteans ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#science

I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it. ↗

— Julie Delpy

#bahamas #brittany #cold #fancy #go

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#air force #american #back #base #casting

Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#differ #food #food supply #ground #islands

My boyhood saw Greek islands floating over Harvard Square. ↗

— Horace Gregory

#floating #greek #harvard #islands #over

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. ↗

— Meriwether Lewis

#after #another #ceased #continued #further

It sucks, but no Long Islands or margaritas when you drink. It has to be straight vodka. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#islands #long #straight #sucks #vodka

It's always been a dream to have my own sunglass line and I'm so excited to be able to finally offer it to my fans! ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#islands #long #straight #sucks #vodka

When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets. We know Mitt Romney never met a tax haven he didn't like. But his new favorite tax haven is actually not the Cayman Islands - its Paul Ryan's budget. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#budget #code #favorite #haven #his

We're performing several shows in the Canary Islands. ↗

— George Duke

#islands #performing #several #shows