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| 16 | 204 | How View more quotes about else">else could they seek food?" "This island," I said, "seems inert, phlegmatic, immobile, passive". |
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| 16 | 201 | "I suspect," I said, "living islands, being alive, can move". |
| 16 | 202 | "And do," she said. |
| 16 | 203 | "They swim. |
| 16 | 204 | How else could they seek food?" "This island," I said, "seems inert, phlegmatic, immobile, passive". |
| 16 | 205 | "So are they all," she said. |
| 16 | 206 | "How else could they be mistaken for islands? They are a massive life form, which moves little and, after feeding, can sleep for weeks, which two characteristics much diminish its need for food". |
| 16 | 207 | "And the men, conveniently accessing new fishing grounds, share their catch with the island," I said. |