Drowning Quote by Christine Feehan

“His head was barely above water, and he’d never welcomed drowning so much in his whole damn life.”

— Sydney Somers

“The intoxication of leaving himself, of slipping into the void, of dispersing himself in the thought of water, made him forget every discomfort. And…

— Maurice Blanchot

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 he…

— Rick Riordan

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

— Rita Mae Brown

A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.

— Watchman Nee

He didn’t know if that was really true or not, but he discovered something which was tremendously liberating: he didn’t care. He was very…

— Stephen King

“So I wonder: Will a person who has drowned, Or almost drowned, always feel Like they're drowning, Even after they've been saved?”

— Sherman Alexie

“There’s an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming.”

— Frederick Weisel

He really did not care whether he survived or not, so long as it rendered him unconscious and absolved him of responsibility.

— Mark Haddon

“He is doing it because he feels alive. [...] It is the ultimate buoy against drowning. It is the ever-saving grace.”

— David Levithan

“You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.”

— Irena Sendler

No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop;...

— Anonymous