“And, after all, what is a planet but an island in space?”
John Wyndham book The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 19 - p.205 [Zellaby]
“To the youths, utilise all the spaces and chances available with tact, as the saying goes, become a garuda if high up in space, become an island if fall down to the sea.”
Royal address at the opening of the fifth session of the 12th Parliament http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-12032012.pdf, 13/12/2011
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