Entire life Quote by Elizabeth Acevedo

“This time he was underwater, running, feet sinking deeper and deeper into the seabed. The surface was within reach if he raised his arms,…

— Flip by Martyn Bedford

“Well, I tried drowning, but that didn't work; somehow the urge to life, mere physical life, is damn strong, and I felt that I…

— Sylvia Plath

“To expand his lung capacity, he ran to the public pool at Redondo Beach, dove to the bottom, grabbed the drain plug, and just…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“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

“In the history of mankind, no single person yet has learned to swim by having the strokes explained. At some point, they dive in.”

— Charles Martin

“There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other is in…

— Laren Grey Umphlett

“He wasn't the most graceful swimmer in the world, or the fastest, but he had a lot of anger to burn off and he…

— Eli Easton

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

— Sydney Somers

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

— Irena Sendler

“can you learn to breathe underwater when you find?”

— E.S. Carter

“We suffer the threat of breathing in water; we fight the nightmares that would drown us. And just as we feel the deceptive joy…

— Lynne Hugo

“It was his time with the Xanti which had changed him. They thought that everyone’s life was like a river; you had to flow…

— Eva Ibbotson