Salt water Quote by J. Courtney Sullivan

“When I liked something I tasted it hesitantly, furtively, as though it were extremely bitter.”

— Osamu Dazai

“I used to feel sorry for them, or sad. Not so much any more. Now I wonder what they did, and I know what…

— Chris Adrian

“I felt absolutely nothing. It was like a door quickly opened, showing me what horrible feelings I had inside, and then slammed shut again…

— Augusten Burroughs

“I wanted to say a lot but wasn't sure where to start; people don't want to hear about how your heart has melted into…

— Dee Williams

“I could barely breathe as I fled down the steps, like something was stuck in my throat. I couldn't tell what flavor it was;…

— Laura Bickle

“How wrong they were. I wasn’t a poor little thing at all. Even as early as this, such is the relief when pressure is…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“I was in the deep water. It was dark and unclear and the taste of the salt was in my mouth.”

— Raymond Chandler

“Those words tasted bitter. But the worst part was that those words were living inside me. And they were leaking out of me. Words…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“The silence in the house was painful, but I had begun to realize that half of it belonged to me.”

— Ruth Emmie Lang

“She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would…

— Sage Steadman

“Can I have a glass of water?" Her voice was hoarse, probably from screaming. She'd always sounded like that after they'd- He didn't just…

— Jennifer Armintrout

“Somewhere along the way, I discovered and returned to myself, concurrently. It was as consuming as a storm in the way it drenched me.…

— Sam Harris