“I can’t help but imagine what that would be like—to be all alone on this island with eternity taunting me with loneliness. To say goodbye to the last human you will ever see—there is no crueler hand of fate.” FateLonelinessEternityAloneDeserted IslandDay OneJennifer Arnett Book:Day One: A Novella Source: Day One: A Novella
“A billion stars above us coat the sky white. It would have been beautiful back home, but not here. Here it is the ever present reminder that we are all alone and insignificant.” StarsInsignificantDeserted IslandDay One Author:Jennifer Arnett
“Maybe they died of disease or lived on this island into old age, but no matter which, someone was the last man standing.” Deserted IslandDay OneJennifer ArnettLast Man On Earth Book:Day One: A Novella Source: Day One: A Novella
“I once watched a small hermit crab crawl out of its shell and into a larger one nearby. Maybe we are no different. There were those before us and there will be some after us. All we can do is cultivate what is given to us. Maybe our lot in this life is to leave our shells better than when we found them so that the next soul will flourish here.” ShellsDeserted IslandDay OneHermit Crab Book:Day One: A Novella Source: Day One: A Novella
“But every tomorrow has led to today— to us being alone, hungry, and cold on an unknown island somewhere in the South Pacific.” TodayColdTomorrowHungryDeserted IslandDay OneSouth PacificJennifer Arnett Book:Day One: A Novella Source: Day One: A Novella
“I felt civilized.” CivilizedDeserted IslandDay OneJennifer Arnett Book:Day One: A Novella Source: Day One: A Novella
“John spent the morning rebuilding his SOS sign on the beach. He says that he saw a commercial airliner pass over. I’m not sure if the trying circumstances have made him delusional, or if the plane was too high to see his small sign. I think he saw what he wanted to see.” DelusionalPlaneDeserted IslandDay OneSos Author:Jennifer Arnett