“This island isn't big enough for both of us…so who will swim in eel-infested oceans?”
Brandon Boyd (1976) American rock singer, writer and visual artist
Lyrics, A Crow Left of the Murder... (2004)
“It's a penis," Margo said, "in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but it sure isn't big.”
— John Green, book Paper Towns
Margo Roth Spiegelman, p. 41
Paper Towns (2008)
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