Quote by Eimear McBride

“There was no water at my grandfather’s when I was a kid and would go for it with two zinc buckets. Down the path,…

— Jack Gilbert

“slipped down my body and gathered at my ankles before traveling in a flotilla to the drain. The white, iridescent bubbles jiggled as droplets of water…

— Emily Kimelman

“Sometimes I float along the river For its surface I am bound And there are times stones done fill my pockets And it's into…

— T.J. Klune

“I’m all right now,” I said, “but leave me alone. I’m going down to the river to bathe.” I took seven steps, and then…

— Roger Zelazny

“If I fall in, I’m going to drown. The weights upon me are too heavy to stay afloat. My only option is to sink.”

— Katie McGarry

“ I had expected the well to be full for some reason. Not that it had ever been before. I kept looking for signs…

— Joan Bauer

“How far can you sink before you no longer recognize yourself? Because I think I might be there. This is my bottom and the…

— Cheryl McIntyre

“...you are a river rock and belong in a stream - not here in this upper room sinking in my bed...”

— John Geddes

“Then I take a dump. Feel better. Take off my clothes and step into the pool. Ice water. But great. I walk along toward…

— Charles Bukowski

“So I must have lain for hours, continually beaten to and fro upon the billows, now and again wetted with flying sprays, and never…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“from RIVER My body is filled with sand. The heavy grains flow from my eyes and seek somewhere to fall. Speak to me friends.…

— Jay Woodman

“You are luck our baby is coming down those stairs. Because if he wasn't, I would have you bent over this sink, tearing you…

— Toni Aleo