The Island Quotes

“Perhaps when I am grown I will not know anything. Perhaps that is the way it works, the way it is with growing. When you grow, you start to unlearn things.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Island

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― Gary Paulsen, The Island

“He was what he was, and if he was wrong or had mental problems, that was still the way he was, the way he had to live.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Island

“and that’s when it hit me: It’s all a joke. With the possible exception of geometry, which has too many sharp edges, and health classes, which make you sick, it’s all a joke. All of it. At least now. But I’ve only felt that way for a short time, so I might be wrong.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Island

“(Y)ou didn't want somebody running around smiling and saying, 'We'll get by,' when the house was on fire; you wanted somebody to yell 'fire!”
― Gary Paulsen, The Island