Drowning Quote by J.R.R TOLKIEN

“Something in her is still drowning a little from loss.”

— Ally Condie

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.

— Helen Cresswell

“So little is our loss, So little is thy gain.”

— John Milton

“You're back where you swore yourself you wouldn't be The familiar shackles you can't tell from your own skin Your head's under water when…

— Sanhita Baruah

“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin,…

— Kirsty Eagar

I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.

— Nick Flynn

Why all these signs around us that make me doubt language and submerge me in meanings, drowning reality instead of extracting it from the…

— Jean-Luc Godard

You can swim in life and seawater, but both are hard to swallow.

— Austin O'Malley

You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.

— Charles Bower

Here is the boy, drowning.

— Patrick Ness

“unsignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning”

— William Carlos Williams