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)

    “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)