Grief Quote by Pittacus Lore

“I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swim.”

— Frida Kahlo

“Drink never drown anyone's sorrows," he went on. "It only teaches them how to swim.”

— Marian Keyes

“They say that when a man is going to drown, when he finally gives up the struggle - it's sort of blissful, for a…

— John Hodge

“I was trying to drown my sorrows,” I explained, looking down into the bottom of my glass, “but my sorrows learned to swim.”

— Eliza Lentzski

“When you give your heart to the ocean, you either drown, or spend your life wishing you had drowned.”

— Elizabeth Fama

“I didn’t know if he was crying for what he’d lost, or for what he’d never had, but there was a beauty in his…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“And sorrows return, though we drown them with wine, Since the world can in no way answer our craving, I will loosen my hair…

— Li Bai

“You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.”

— Irena Sendler

“I need to cry some more. I’ll drown if I don’t. Can you understand that?” “Of course. Sometimes you’re swimming in unwept tears and…

— Nina George

“Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else’s joy.”

— Amy Tan

“So I wonder: Will a person who has drowned, Or almost drowned, always feel Like they're drowning, Even after they've been saved?”

— Sherman Alexie

“Drowning is bad enough, he reflected sourly, but drowning sad and sober, that's too cruel.”

— George R.R. Martin