The Lost Island Quotes

“It's like this, ma'am, Michael is a fine big lad, used to a man's work and he has had a man's responsibility before now. Well, if he goes off and gets drowned, it will be because he was too silly to save himself. And if he's too silly to save himself, then it's worth no one else's while to save him, for he'll only live to get into some other trouble later on!”
― Eilís Dillon, The Lost Island

“If all the good food you have eaten in the last few years hasn't made a sensible man of you, you may as well go out and drown, for you're not worth feeding any more.”
― Eilís Dillon, The Lost Island