--- title: "3 Half Drowning Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Half Drowning quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Half Drowning sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/kharla-m-brillo-178742_last-night_this-is-how-my-day-usually-goes-i-leave_101350.jpg" --- > [“This is how my day usually goes. I leave the faucet open and know what it’s like to have my fingers around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kharla-m-brillo/this-is-how-my-day-usually-goes-i-leave-the-faucet-open-and-know-what/) [Kharla M. Brillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kharla-m-brillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/kharla-m-brillo-178742_last-night_this-is-how-my-day-usually-goes-i-leave_101350.jpg) > [“The first blush of love, when the self has lost its mooring, and, half-drowning, succumbs to a fearful tide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-catton/the-first-blush-of-love-when-the-self-has-lost-its-mooring-and-half/) [Eleanor Catton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-catton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/eleanor-catton-2384_drowning_the-first-blush-of-love-when-the-self-ha_519311.png) > [The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/the-neurotic-is-always-half-drowning-in-anxiety-and-always-being-half/) [Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/mignon-mclaughlin-742_anxiety_the-neurotic-is-always-half-drowning-in_2355803.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/half-drowning/#itemlist", "name": "Half Drowning Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is how my day usually goes. 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