Like a mermaid in sea-weed, she dreams awake, trembling in…

If you were a mermaid, you said, If you were a mermaid, I was the sea.

— Francesca Lia Block

Even when we are dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.

— Kwabena Sefa

Looking at your hair underwater and feeling like a mermaid.

— Anonymous

Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.

— Brian Selznick

“The sea waves stirred before me they dashed against the rocks Like a mermaid rising from its depths curled white sea foam were her…

— Giselle V. Steele

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.

— Jeffrey McDaniel

I've got a swimming pool and I pretend to be like a mermaid, like in the middle of the night. It kind of de-stresses…

— Rebel Wilson

“She was like a mermaid enrapturing me the sailor with all her charms!”

— Avijeet Das

“Evening was her special time of day. She gave the world three syllables and indeed I think she liked it so well for its…

— Marilynne Robinson

“To the untrained (human) eye, Thalassinia looks like an expanse of coral reefs and volcanic formations. There are no straight lines or geometric shapes…

— Tera Lynn Childs

“You smell,' she began, slowly and wonderingly, 'like -' 'Like a herring!'I said bitterly. My cheeks were hot now and very red; there were…

— Sarah Waters

“…Jake caught the briefest glimpse of a demure set of pale pink lingerie, and then Molly was airborne—jumping feet-first into the deep end. She…

— Kristen Casey

“I feel as if I am the eye of my own storm, still, like the mermaid, at the center of my own chaos.”

— Raffaella Barker

“I felt old. Again. It had been happening a lot lately. I did not live the life of an old lady, but I could…

— Anonymous

Hopes are dreams of those who are awake

— Anonymous