Island Rail Road

Famous quotes containing the words island, rail and/or road:

“He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

“Old man, it’s four flights up and for what?
Your room is hardly any bigger than your bed.
Puffing as you climb, you are a brown woodcut
stooped over the thin rail and the wornout tread.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)