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Continental islands are accidental, derived
islands. They are separated from a continent, born of disarticulation, erosion,
fracture; they survive the absorption of what once contained them. Oceanic
islands are originary, essential islands. Some are formed from coral reefs and
display a genuine organism.
Desert Islands and Other Texts
Gilles Deleuze
Desert Islands and Other Texts
Gilles Deleuze