Seen Swimming Quote by Lisa Evans

“Everyone is simply riding the wave chance has put them on. Some people know how to surf; some people drown.”

— Louis Menand

“Tell me once more about the eternal surf.”

— Rob Bignell

“If we do not play in the dangerous surf, we will drown in puddles.”

— Michael D. O'Brien

“That I was a swimmer made no waves; it seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea…

— Yann Martel

“I think of those photographs taken inside waves, the ones with surfers in slick suits on boards coasting through the tunnel of water, eyes…

— Kathleen Glasgow

“Somewhere along the seashore, a strange wind blows over the ocean, and twenty oblivious boys simultaneously look up from their surfboards.”

— Sarah Ockler

“I floated like driftwood in the ocean. I wasn’t worried about sharks, because my bathtub is much too shallow.”

— Jarod Kintz

“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

“Surfers catch waves, and so do people being told goodbye.”

— Jarod Kintz

“And when you fall, because you always do fall. When you swim for the beach to catch your board. There’s peace to be found…

— Michael Davidow

“...with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby.”

— Lois Lowry

“The swimming stinks here because there are no waves even little waves. What good is it without any ways and you never get scared…

— J.D. Salinger