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Dickon always came and went like a spirit in the wind. Everyone just accepted this as part of his unique charm.
“I am happy. I am a baby, a toddler, a girl, a woman. I am Island. I am Lindisfarne. Everything comes together inside me. I know that I will go to Palmyra one day when peace has come, just as people come to Lindisfarne, just as Coral will go to Vietnam. War is not for ever. Peace will come. Civilisation will endure. The destroyers will overcome. The human heart will love and thrive.”
― Island
― Island
“The photograph that will help this moment and this day live for ever more.”
― Island
― Island
“Don't despair. Despair is what the barbarians want. Never give it to them.”
― Island
― Island
“I think there has always been death and destruction,' says Dark Star. 'Civilisation is always about to fall. So there has been a shooting and a bomb. But how many car crashes have there been today? How many people have been killed by cancer? And why do we talk only about the bad things?'
'That's right,' says Dad. 'The news is skewed. It doesn't tell us how many babies have been born today.' He puts his arm around the woman's waist. 'It doesn't tell us how many women and men have fallen in love today.”
― Island
'That's right,' says Dad. 'The news is skewed. It doesn't tell us how many babies have been born today.' He puts his arm around the woman's waist. 'It doesn't tell us how many women and men have fallen in love today.”
― Island
“He exposes the star tattoo at the centre of his chest. He points to it.
'This is the star at the centre of the universe,' he says. 'Wherever I go in the tent of my skin, I am at the centre.”
― Island
'This is the star at the centre of the universe,' he says. 'Wherever I go in the tent of my skin, I am at the centre.”
― Island
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