Long Island Story

Famous quotes containing the words long, island and/or story:

    Too long we prayed
    God in the thunder,
    wonderful though he be
    and our father;
    too long, too long in the rain,
    cowering lest he strike again.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.
    Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)

    When a husband’s story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)