Heat Island

Famous quotes containing the words heat and/or island:

    Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
    But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.
    John Webster (1580–1625)

    Know that, on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise, which was peopled with black women.... Their arms were all of gold.
    —For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)