Wet Tropics

Famous quotes containing the words wet and/or tropics:

“A monarchy is like a man-of-war—bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is a danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.”
—Flavius Josephus Cook (1838–1901)

“The white man in the tropics degenerates every day.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)