Barrier Quote by John M. Cusick

“The banks of the Thirty-Foot held, but the swollen Wale, receiving the full force of the Upper Waters and the spring tide, gave at…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“If a boat is shattered by a storm, the desperate passengers cling to the floating pieces of the hull. In that moment, it's not…

— Elmer Seward

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

— Melissa Marr

“Cameron looked down long enough to end the call. When she returned her attention to the road, something large and black was in her…

— Marie Force

“He stopped trying to save himself and let the breakwater draw the boat in. He knew just when to stick out the oar to…

— Shelley Noble

“The water never stops, never gives up, and denies no faults in the path it takes,” he explained, my eyes still focused down the…

— Daniel "Z" Hastings

“Tom could not understand why there wasn’t any water. The entire building was webbed with thick pipes, which were supposed to spray water during…

— Michael Landsberg

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

— Rita Mae Brown

“The lake hadn’t been frozen long and of all them had been expressly forbidden to go out on it, but Norman Pye, who was…

— Mary Lawson

“ And he has tried to swim that stream, And he swam on both strong and steady, But the river was wide and strength…

— Kate Thompson

You can't see the water until you run into it. A little boy took off running through it. He got all muddy.

— Shannon O'Brien

“He was part of this river of cars, aiding its sluggish tide and in turn aided by it. Without losing his identity, free to…

— Jim Thompson