
“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
Source: The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed is a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling that was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine dated January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar, an artist and painter who goes blind, and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate, Maisie.
“We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
Source: The Light That Failed
“How can you do anything until you have seen everything, or as much as you can?”
Source: The Light That Failed
“You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.”
Source: The Light That Failed