Quotes about Drowning

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Even the laziest person will fight for oxygen when drowning. — J.R. Rim
For the first time in his existence, he knew he was drowning and he wasn't thinking about survival. — Christine Feehan, Water Bound
I raise my face to his, ready for the crush of his lips against mine, wanting to share more than these nervous breaths. — Sarah Glenn Marsh, Fear the Drowning Deep
I think we ought to find something else to do,” said Mandy. “But Alecto my love, you’re the first person to notice my re — Rebecca McNutt, Super 8: The Sequel to Smog City
He stops rocking and looks into my eyes. We’re inches apart and I’m mesmerized by the tiny flecks of indigo in his blue — Lisa Daily, Single-Minded
When she was eighteen years old she had almost drowned in the Kennebec River, not because of the pummeling current, but — Jincy Willett, Amy Falls Down
Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater.We could breathe and talk to one another.We rowed past schools of — J. Dylan Yates, The Belief in Angels
They say that when a man is going to drown, when he finally gives up the struggle - it's sort of blissful, for a moment. — John Hodge, Collaborators
There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always — Caitlín R. Kiernan, The Drowning Girl
They all seemed hungry, happy, and healthy enough in their buzzing—oh the days were hot, and the noise of bees filled th — Janet Frame, Scented Gardens for the Blind
Or perhaps it is because it is so NECESSARY for you to win. It is like a drowning man catching at a straw. You yourself — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler
When you push someone's head under water for 5 minutes, they will drown. It doesn't matter if the person is a sinner or — Oliver Markus, Sex and Crime: Oliver's Strange Journey
May you have all the pleasure you've always craved. Nay, may you drown in it! — Ahmed Mostafa
He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. — Robert Jordan, New Spring
Maybe that's why he had started to fear suffocation. It wasn't so much drowning in the earth or sea but the feeling that — Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
When the rain is on my lipsAnd I shiver from the coldThinking about lifeIts ups and downsAnd being a melancholicI take a — Veronika Jensen
If you feel like you're drowning, don't forget that it is just a feeling; it will pass with love and care. If you're act — Dani N M.
Here for example the beautiful silver mirror of a river swells, a boy falls in, the water ripples sweetly around his loc — Adalbert Stifter, Brigitta, with Abdias, Limestone & the Forest Path
He feels himself buried in those two infinities, the ocean and the sky, at one and the same time: the one is a tomb; the — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you're swimming and you want to put your feet down on som — Julia Gregson, East of the Sun