There was a quote he could not quite remember, something about the past being an island surrounded by time.

Imagine that every man's mind is an island, surrounded by ocean.

The whole downtown area became an island surrounded by water on all sides.

Anyone would know you were born on an island surrounded by water.

New Orleans will survive only as an island surrounded by miles of open water.

Isolated, each island surrounded by others already full of people, they had nowhere to go.

He had experienced flying over a beautiful island surrounded by lights.

The present station building was built in 1869 on an island surrounded by rail tracks.

The sirens were living on an island surrounded by rocks.

The low hills you can see are like islands surrounded by the marsh.