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Desert Island Quotes

The classic thought experiment of what you'd keep.

These desert island quotes borrow the familiar format of naming what you would want if stranded, from a favorite Desert island designer to a novel that reads like a eulogy for a lost way of life.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

One of my desert island books, 'The Leopard' is not so much a novel as a eulogy for a way of life and a Sicily that was already lost by the time Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was writing.

Quotes by Ruth Ware

Parenting
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Nov 07, 2020

Somebody once told me I treated my smart phone like Wilson, the volleyball Tom Hanks turns into a friend when he's stranded on a desert island in that movie 'Castaway.' It's an apt comparison: parenting a toddler occasionally feels like being marooned, and your phone is your only connection to the rest of the world.

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

Clothes
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Nov 07, 2020

Rick Owens is my desert island designer. I could live in his clothes alone, and I collect Ossie Clark.

Quotes by Mia Sara

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

Corinne Bailey Rae I listen to a lot, and I'll hear Desert Island Discs and quickly write down the name of a song, and it will open up a new area of music for me. I discovered an Argentinian guitarist, Jose Luis Bieito, on Classic FM.

Quotes by Lesley Manville

Eyes
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Nov 07, 2020

You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year.

Quotes by Anna Friel

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

Unless I move to a desert island with poor reception, I'll never stop speaking out!

Quotes by Ana Navarro

One quote even compares a smartphone to Wilson the volleyball from Castaway, proof that being Alone on an island has become a familiar metaphor rather than a literal fear of being Bored.

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