“I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic.” FeelsLittlesMadeEnjoySpaceFourSouthClimateWideMilesIslandsPacificOpen SpacesWide Open Spaces Author:Matthew Fox
“My husband and I went to Bald Head Island for our four-year anniversary. We spent the night in bed with champagne, tequila and Krispy Kreme doughnuts and watched a boxing match on Showtime.” YearsNightFourBedHusbandIslandsBoxingMy HusbandFour YearsChampagneAnniversaryDoughnutTequilaBoxing MatchesShowtimeKrispy Kreme Author:Teri Polo
“Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us. But the Wasichus came, and they have made little islands for us and other little islands for the four-leggeds, and always these islands are becoming smaller, for around them surges the gnawing flood of the Wasichu; and it is dirty with lies and greed.” LittlesMadeTwoCountryTogetherLyingAnimalFourBecomingCreaturesGreedHungryPlentyDirtyIslandsFlood Author:Black Elk
“No man is an island, as they say. No. I've tried it. I've gone on retreats at various times in my life for three or four or five days. I was desperate to get out of there and talk to somebody. But I fly fish a lot, and I can only do that really by myself. I find I'm never lonesome when I'm on a river, far from it, but it's a lonely practice.” MenI CanThreePracticeGoneFiveFourRiversLonelyFishesVariousIslandsDesperateRetreatLonesome Author:Liam Neeson
“My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. It's very modest but there's tons of counter space, so you can slap down three or four cutting boards.” HomeThreeSpaceFourCuttingTablesBoardsIslandsKitchenGasModestSteelSlapStovesAiryGranite Author:Grant Achatz
“For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks.” YearsSpiritThreePleasureRaceFourBloodLandTearsHundredRichesWelcomeIslandsParadiseSplitsHaiti Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“Take what happened to me in Bali. I planned on going to Ubud, then met a man on an airplane who told me it was too touristy. He gave me an address on the other side of the island, which turned out to be a palace where I lived for four years.” MenYearsSidesFourHappenedMetsIslandsAddressesFour YearsAirplanePalacesBali Author:Rita Gelman
“I devoured TV - everything from Super Friends in the morning to Dukes of Hazzard and The Love Boat and Fantasy Island at night. I watched it all. There were only four channels, so you could actually consume all of television if you were good at changing the channel.” IfsNightMorningFantasyFourTelevisionTvsBoatIslandsDukesLove BoatDukes Of Hazzard Author:Justin Theroux
“My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.” YearsWholeKidsSchoolThreeParentFourDadHigh SchoolMovedMy DadEightIslandsFour YearsPrincipalSantaBackyardsBarbaraIdyllicSanta BarbaraSamoa Author:Eric Stoltz
“If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is told to move to higher ground, where are you supposed to go on these islands? There is none. The highest ground is four-meters (around 13 feet) above sea level, meaning you'd be safer in a coconut tree. How, though, are you supposed to get your grandfather, grandmother and grandchildren up there?” IfsBigsMovingLevelsFourTreeSeaFeetGoes OnHigherHighestWaveRadioIslandsGrandmotherWarningGrandfatherGrandchildrenMeterCoconutsGrandmother And GrandchildrenHigher Ground Author:Enele Sopoaga