Heard Island

Famous quotes containing the words heard and/or island:

    “For Nym, he hath heard that men of few words are the best men,
    and therefore he scorns to say his prayers, lest ‘a should be
    thought a coward.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “An island always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, as a small continent and integral portion of the globe. I have a fancy for building my hut on one. Even a bare, grassy isle, which I can see entirely over at a glance, has some undefined and mysterious charm for me.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)