Hydra Island Quotes

“Hydra never asks where you are from; she wants to hear about all the places you’ve been. Known to antiquity as Hydrea (Υδρέα), named for her gift of water, she emerged from the sea an untamed, unruly force—a molten surge that turned to stone in an instant, becoming barren, hard, unyielding. Her waters don’t invite, they dare. For those bold enough to leap, Hydra transforms—no longer an island, but a heartbeat unrestrained.”
― Ekaterina Juskowski, Hydra: Island in the Sound

“Hydra is the epitome of that flawless anarchy which is the ideal of all the artists of the world.”
― Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi

“A barren rock, nude as a skull and waterless, it crouches in the austere splendour of its nudity, glowering at you. It is as silent and watchful as a Mycenaean lion – though perhaps that is not the right choice of image to convey its sphinxine immobility and sense of indestructibility.”
― Lawrence Durrell, THE GREEK ISLANDS