Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“He could not talk himself out of pain any longer. He had no one to be strong for. So finally, he cried. He cried…

— Rachel Simon

“He held his head, and he cried for them, and he did not melt into the sea but sat, aching, in the glowing moonlight-for…

— Nick Lake

“It had been dark at the beach for hours, he hadn't been smoking much and it wasn't headlights – but before she turned away,…

— Thomas Pynchon

“And there he was, dead. He had finally succumbed to the exhaustion, no longer could he tread the waters of the sea inside him,…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“He turned his face into the stream of water and closed his eyes. I'm not as sad as I'd have thought, he told himself.…

— Roberto Bolaño

“he said now, his eyebrows rising toward the heavy mass of his black hair. “Most likely he got drunk, tripped, and fell into the…

— Lucy Quinn

“Standing still, I watched the world heave and swirl around me in the air. The sandy earth of the beach was making itself visible…

— Susan L. Marshall

“So I was a stone in the sea. Gravity gave up on keeping me above the surface. I did not try to swim and…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“The night passed away, and the sun rose from the ocean; my feelings became calmer, if it may be called calmness when the violence…

— Mary Shelley

“I watched the black ocean in his eyes and saw this flash behind them and understood what he had meant the night before, about…

— T.J. Klune

“I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises…

— Ryan Winfield

“Nubs cried as he chased them across the cold, coarse sand. Because of his wound, he could not keep up. He dropped to the…

— Brian Dennis