Black hair Quote by Lucy Quinn

“Water matted his black hair into spikes and peppered his skin with a fresh sheen. If I shut my eyes I could still see…

— Jennifer Silverwood

“And there he was, dead. He had finally succumbed to the exhaustion, no longer could he tread the waters of the sea inside him,…

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“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

“He felt more soft raindrops, saw bright-red oil against the brown mud, heard his mother calling again, but it was unclear what she was…

— Richard Flanagan

“He turned his face into the stream of water and closed his eyes. I'm not as sad as I'd have thought, he told himself.…

— Roberto Bolaño

“I watched the black ocean in his eyes and saw this flash behind them and understood what he had meant the night before, about…

— T.J. Klune

“They found him late that night. He was floating head-down in the benjo, the long, deep trench of rain-churned shit that served as the…

— Richard Flanagan

“She had been lying there, facedown in the water long before the tide had turned at 3.04 that morning. Her eyes were staring into…

— A.J. Waines

“I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.”

— John Green

“I met someone.' And the leaves fell from the trees, landing to float in the calm black waters.”

— Leslye Walton

“His jaw was slack and his mouth open, and he wondered if perhaps he would drown eventually; drowned by the falling rain.”

— Iain M. Banks

“He soared up and scared an eagle out of it’s flight path, then plummeted toward the sea like he was born to fly, pulling…

— Rick Riordan