Stranded Quotes

“If the essence of things or beings is forgotten in the confusion of everyday concerns, people may be left stranded in emotional voids, neglected, or overshadowed by the indifferent flow of time. ("Poste Restante")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

“The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“She wasn’t ready for this kind of distraction he caused her. It was bad enough she found him attractive, but having a attractive man in her home was just asking for trouble.”
― J. C. Valentine, Stranded

“Fear tells me that while there might be a host of people who wish to stand beside me in times of crisis, the tangled wreckage is sometimes so enormous that the best of their efforts leave them stranded at a great distance. And standing desperately alone surveying the carnage that holds all others a bay, God suddenly taps me on the shoulder, leans over and whispers, 'how about a little demolition?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Desire is the foundation of our greatness. Without it, we are stranded; we cannot go anywhere. You won't get, what you don't eagerly desire.”
― Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“No person, collection of people, institution, government or organization of any kind can in any way promise to meet all of my needs for no person, collection of people, institution, government or organization possesses the array of resources necessary to do that. And so, I am left with the reality that either there is a God who can meet all of my needs, or I’ve been stranded in an existence that created me with needs that the existence itself cannot meet.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I wish not to tell you how I feel
I choose silence so that you leave
Kiss me goodbye and set me free”
― Sanhita Baruah

“They were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world, drifting they knew not where, without a hope of rescue, subsisting only so long as Providence sent them food to eat.
And yet they had adjusted with surprisingly little trouble to their new life, and most of them were quite sincerely happy. The adaptability of the human creature is such that they actually had to remind themselves on occasion of their desperate circumstances. On November 4, Macklin wrote in his diary: "It has been a lovely day, and it is hard to think we are in a frightfully precarious situation."
It was an observation typical of the entire party. There was not a hero among them, at least not in the fictional sense. Still not a single diary reflected anything beyond the matter-of-fact routine of each day's business.”
― Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

“During the day enough light filtered through the canvas roofing so that the men could make their way about, but long before dusk the hut grew much too dark to see anything. Marston and Hurley experimented and found that, by filling a small container with blubber oil and draping pieces of surgical bandage over the edge as a wick, they could obtain a feeble flame by which a man might read if he were not more than a few feet away. By such methods they gradually eliminated one little misery after another.”
― Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

“Every man is a shelter for himself in the desert.”
― Mladen Đorđević, Miraž

“Go with a flashlight, just in case you walk down the tunnel, and find no glimmer of light.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Burn Like Fire

“Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.”
― Doug Cooper, Outside In

“You can’t lead people to where you’ve not been yourself. When you all get stranded, you need the knowledge of someone who knows the way!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“The jurors appear vaguely stranded and at loose ends, uprooted from their routines and livelihoods.”
― Walter Kirn, Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade

“In the coming decades, smart people will realize that international travel will end and they will settle onto continents that they are comfortable with being stranded on.”
― Steven Magee

“Don't leave me stranded in a sea of discontent.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“I’ve never said anything bad about your books.” She’s eyeing me with blatant confusion, like she can’t figure me out. Join the club. It has many members, and I don’t care.
“Doesn’t mean you haven’t ruined other writers’ careers.”
A tiny dent appears between her brows. “It’s my job to review books and I’m as objective as I can be. It’s a simple fact that not every book published is good. And I owe it to the New York Press readers to give my honest opinion.”
It sounds like a spiel she’s recited many times before. Which means I’m not the first author to bail her up.
“I’m in publishing. I know how reviews work.” I stalk to the fire and grab a poker. Her logic merely accentuates how unreasonable I’m being, and I need something to jab at, so I start prodding at the smoldering logs. “But your words hold more sway than most. Books you pump up go gangbusters, books you trash end up languishing. Surely you know that?”
For the first time since we met, I glimpse an angry spark in her eyes. She’s obviously trying to impress me, to stay calm, probably with the aim to suck up. But I’ve hit a nerve and her eyes drift to the poker in my hand for a moment, like she’s imagining skewering me with it.”
― Nicola Marsh, Did Not Finish

“He’s hot. Better than the sexiest book boyfriend. I blame those elusive fictional men on my failure to find a guy who’s good enough. Turns out, real men aren’t alpha with a beta core. If they’re alpha, they’re usually arrogant and self-absorbed. And the beta guys don’t provide me with enough of a challenge, so I’m destined for dating disasters.”
― Nicola Marsh, Did Not Finish

“My vacation with Frontier Airlines did not go well.”
― Steven Magee

“Christmas 2022 was a time where stranded air travelers were living at airports and checked bags were going missing in large numbers!”
― Steven Magee

“I was harassed out of Denver International Airport by police officers when I was freely walking out to the exit.”
― Steven Magee

“The August 2023 Maui wildfires stranded thousands of vacationers.”
― Steven Magee

“Many tourists were stranded at the kahului airport during the August 2023 Maui wildfires.”
― Steven Magee

“A tremendous gust of wind rattles the shack, and I can’t help it. I scream.
It feels good, so I scream again at the top of my lungs, like I’m the wind itself.
Then arms are around me. Strong, comforting arms. They lift me off the floor like I’m nothing.
I think this is it. The hut came tumbling down, and I’m dead. This is Jesus, or an angel, or my long-gone grandma here to fetch me for the afterlife. I’ve become light as a feather, my dumb ol’ body gone.
But then a flash of lightning reveals the truth.
It’s the devil, and I’m on my way to hell.
My ex-boss Rhett Armstrong.”
― J.J. Knight, Juicy Pickle

“Paradise Isle by Stewart Stafford

In superstitious guidance,
I discovered your shallows,
Ingénues' on naked dunes,
Edenites of Paradise Isle.

Tragedy and chance are but pirates;
One welcome, both shocking rogues,
Am I a castaway or a sleepwalker?
Let motivations as explorers gather.

Leaving footprints only we can see,
The wet sand, a camouflage ally,
We quit the beach and head inland,
As crabs in shade to the waterline crawl.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford