Peter Rudiak-Gould

“Coconut trees were fireworks that arced into the sky and exploded in green. Pandanus trees, angular and mop-headed, seemed cut from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Breadfruit trees cast generous shadows. The lagoon, never more than twenty feet away, fulfilled every postcard cliché of tropical paradise. On the beach, muscular island men were beaching their wooden sailing canoe after a morning on the water, strings sagging with the weight of colorful reef fish.”
― Peter Rudiak-Gould, Surviving Paradise: One Year On A Disappearing Island

“So I learned some important Ujae lessons: never throw away anything that could possibly be useful, look at everything as multipurpose, and never say that something is impossible with what you have.”
― Peter Rudiak-Gould, Surviving Paradise: One Year On A Disappearing Island