Or that I couldn’t stand to watch anything bad happen to…

“For a long time before I met you, I felt my life was this kind of test. I was in deep, cold water, swimming…

— Leah Raeder

Is it true? You had a clean getaway and risked it all for me?" I Swallowed. "It wouldn't have been a clean getaway without…

— Richelle Mead

I've been told I looked like I swallowed an elephant or a pig, whichever was more fitting that day.

— Katelyn Ohashi

“You get everything you need?” She squealed like an idiot and whirled around to see him smirking at her. “JeSUS!” She glared at him…

— Samantha Young

“Here, I meant to put you at your ease but instead I've got you closed up against me again like a pretty little clam."…

— Tracy Anne Warren

“Anna swallowed and pulled out a chair. She sat and folded her hands on her lap. She felt like she was in trouble. It…

— Claire Charlins

“How will you feel when you're being swallowed up?”

— michel schneider

“Zoe swallowed, wishing she hadn’t started the list on her”

— Tanya Anne Crosby

“spills of mire I swallowed inside the tower”

— Paul Celan

“I never swallowed before. The idea of it wigged me out, but not with him. Apparently, it was my inner porn star.”

— J. Lynn

“I live well! I may have been swallowed, but I have no intention of being eaten.”

— Mac Barnett

“She swallowed it. So bitter. "Vile," she said. "Vile." "I know, but it helps. Trust me. I know." "Trust you," she said. "Hah." "Clearly…

— Loretta Chase

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

— Nathalie Sarraute

“By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue…

— George Orwell

“She reminded me of the empty glass of a swallowed cocktail, and at the heart of the empty glass was a smashed lime rind…

— Nic Pizzolatto