“England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.” ChildrenStrongParentOne DayEnglandIslandsExhaustedBeing A Parent Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits
“I was sitting one day and thinking about cannibalism, because that's what guys like me do... and I thought, suppose a guy was washed up on a rocky island, how much of himself could he eat?” ThinkingGuyOne DaySittingLike MeIslandsCannibalism Author:Stephen King
“Everything was blamed on Castro. Mudslides in California. The fact that you can't buy a decent tomato anymore. Was there an exceptionally high pollen count in Massapequa, Long Island, one day? It was Castro, exporting sneezes.” LongFactsOne DayCaliforniaIslandsDecentCubaTomatoesCastroLong IslandPollenExporting Author:Calvin Trillin
“O ye by wandering tempest sown 'Neath every alien star, Forget not whence the breath was blown That wafted you afar! For ye are still her ancient seed On younger soil let fall— Children of Britain's island-breed, To whom the Mother in her need Perchance may one day call.” NeedsMayChildrenStillsMotherFallStarsForgetOne DayBreathsAncientSeedsWanderAliensIslandsSoilBritainTempestAfar Author:William Watson
“It was true what Jim said, this wasn’t the end but the beginning. But the wars would end one day and Jim would come then, to the island they would share. One day surely the wars would end, and Jim would come home, if only to lie broken in MacMurrough’s arms, he would come to his island home. And MacMurrough would have it built for him, brick by brick, washed by the rain and the reckless sea. In the living stream they’d swim a season. For maybe it was true that no man is an island: but he believed that two very well might be.” IfsMenWellsSaidTwoWarEndsHomeMightLyingSeaShareBrokenArmsOne DayBuiltRainSeasonsIslandsStreamsComing HomeSwimBricksReckless Author:Jamie O'Neill