Quote by Renee Ahdieh

“Who do I get the feeling this boy is lost at sea? Just like me?”

— Lisa Schroeder

“My brother was a great swimmer. He was as fast as a shark. Well, almost. It beat him by a half a leg's length,…

— Jarod Kintz

“The Black was looking out on the open sea; his ears pricked forward, his thin-skinned nostrils quivering, his black mane flowing like windswept flame.…

— Walter Farley

“he said now, his eyebrows rising toward the heavy mass of his black hair. “Most likely he got drunk, tripped, and fell into the…

— Lucy Quinn

“He'd heard there were sharks in these waters, but he knew they wouldn't touch him. He was a monster now, too.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“They caught hands again, and walked toward the water's edge, two small figures against the black waves. Only halfway there, one of them must…

— Rachel Joyce

“The sea stood up before him, foaming, torn by lightning bolts, opening terrifying mouths that gobbled up the dense, hard black rains unleashed by…

— Anonymous

“The black land slid by and he was going into the country among the hills. For the first time in a dozen years the…

— Ray Bradbury

“All he needed to do was nothing. a few moments more, and he would be with his sons now, resting in the cool green…

— George R.R. Martin

“I wish the boy was here,' he said aloud and settled himself against the rounded planks of the bow and felt the strength of…

— Ernest Hemingway

“There was an anchor, tied around both of his ankles, and it was taking him deep, into black fathomless depths, drowning him slowly but…

— R.K. Lilley

“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