St Helena Quotes

#1. While still a student, Napoleon had written on the last page of his geography book: "St. Helena. Small island." This may have been what we call a coincidence, but the thought must certainly have aroused terror in him in his last days.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

#2. The man was Halpin Frayser. He lived in St. Helena, but where he lives now is uncertain, for he is dead.

Ambrose Bierce

#3. Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution: Elba, not St Helena. It is an endless paradox: looking forward by always looking back. The exile is a ball hurled high into the air.

Salman Rushdie

#4. The Emperor died forsaken by all, on this horrible rock. (St. Helena) His death struggle was awful!

Napoleon Bonaparte

#5. I was very lucky in that my parents were very broad-minded. Because they had come from another country and hadn't been able to fulfill their dreams, they wanted me to be more of myself, if you know what I mean.

Anne-Marie Duff

#6. He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#7. The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.

Phillip C. Schlechty

#8. Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me to do music, and while I always loved music and it was always around me at home, I thought about doing other things.

James McCartney

#9. Like usual, what I want is not important, what I'm supposed to do that counts.

Beatrice Sparks

#10. For you may palm upon us new for old:
All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.

John Dryden

#11. I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.

Horace