Quote by Margaret Atwood

“You flounder through life, struggling desperately so you won't drown, even though you would float if you'd just relax.”

— Natsuki Takaya

“Toby’s pain, cut with his guilt and sorrow, raced in my veins as if I’d shot up with it, finally overwhelming me and knocking…

— Scott Gordon

“I sounded so bad ass, but I was really weak, tired, and pretty much shattered inside. If he gave me a hard time, I…

— L.D. Davis

“To her mind, when you were drowning and a rope was thrown your way, you didn't waste time thinking about what to do. You…

— Mary Alice Monroe

“I was like a whirlpool of tragedy, and anybody who dared to get too close to me could get sucked in and drown. Like…

— Victoria Laurie

“Once I get under the water, however, I can't hold it in anymore. With a sob, I collapse on the tile floor. I'm not…

— Erin Hayes

“She comes to life with a soft exhausted sound, like someone saved from drowning.”

— James Salter

“Made me want to pour rubber cement all over my chest and then lay down on top of her so that we'd be stuck…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Bailey loved both Toby and me so much - he and I almost make up her whole heart, and maybe that's it, what we…

— Jandy Nelson

“If I fall in, I’m going to drown. The weights upon me are too heavy to stay afloat. My only option is to sink.”

— Katie McGarry

“I feel like she could drown me in a spoonful of water or crush me with her fingernail clippings. I realize I have no…

— Zoe Trope