Famous quotes containing the words heat, island and/or effect:
“And suddenly, to be dying
Is not a little or mean or cheap thing,
Only wearying, the heat unbearable ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called Cook. He said, I xpect we take in some water there, river so high,never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Dont paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along. It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted paddle, and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Lets take the instant by the forward top;
For we are old, and on our quickst decrees
Th inaudible and noiseless foot of time
Steals ere we can effect them.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)