Quote by Dave Franklin

“I felt as conspicuous as a baby whale in a goldfish pond.”

— Stephen King

“and there was a fish pond a large one full of the fattest goldfish you ever saw and they were tame. they came to…

— Charles Bukowski

“But earlier this week on a wooded path, I thought the swans afloat on the reservoir were the true geniuses, the ones who had…

— Billy Collins

“They came there regularly every evening drawn by some need. It was as if the water floated off and set sailing thoughts which had…

— Virginia Woolf

“I felt clean, all the bone-beaked loneliness birds banished, their rocky nests turned to river stones. Cool, clear water bubbled over them, streams in…

— Bryce Courtenay

“It was the sort of smile that lies on sandbanks waiting for incautious swimmers.”

— Terry Pratchett

“The swans have returned and so have the dolphins to the Canals of Venice. Nature creates the most beautiful art!”

— Avijeet Das

“I floated like driftwood in the ocean. I wasn’t worried about sharks, because my bathtub is much too shallow.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Sturdy swimmers afloat on water-couch Beneath the heavy bill their treasured pouch Fishes pray for them to fly far away Inland lakes toast to…

— Munia Khan

“In calm waters you still find sharks.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Maatsuyker, the wild island south of Tasmania where it rained most days of the year and the chickens blew into the sea during storms.”

— M.L. Stedman

“We were beach creatures. We had treasures in our pockets and each other on our skin.”

— Nina LaCour