High Island Beach

Famous quotes containing the words high, island and/or beach:

    “One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “They all came, some wore sentiments
    Emblazoned on T-shirts, proclaiming the lateness
    Of the hour, and indeed the sun slanted its rays
    Through branches of Norfolk Island pine as though
    Politely clearing its throat....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “There I was dragging the ocean, that knock-out,
    in and out by its bottle-green neck, letting it chew
    the rocks, letting it haul beach glass and furniture sticks
    in and out.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)