Arms Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

And then, just like that, my heart broke. My face crumpled, my composure went and I held him tightly and I stopped caring that…

— Jojo Moyes

I used to feel like I was drowning. So I stopped trying to swim.

— Oliver Sykes

Grief is like sinking, like being buried. I am in water the tawny color of kicked-up dirt. Every breath is full of choking. There…

— Lauren Oliver

My sister saved me from drowning. I shouted at her because she pulled me out of the pool and hurt my arm.

— Sarah Millican

In my 20s, I was body surfing in Spain and the current dragged me out. I was waving at my friends who thought I…

— Ainsley Harriott

In life, grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through every painful inch of it no shortcuts and no…

— Anonymous

In the end I didn't know who I was crying for, but it was something my body wanted to do, as though trying to…

— Simon Van Booy

Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were…

— Louise Glück

“Grief is an unfillable hole in your body. It should be weightless, but it's heavy. Should be cold, but it burns. Should, over time,…

— Emily Henry

Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued. Or found.…

— Sarah Dessen

Grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through every painful inch of itno shortcuts and no anesthesia.

— Anonymous

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.

— Frida Kahlo