Arts-biography Quote by Theresa Sjoquist

“Throw yourself in at the deep end. I'm sure you won't actually drown.”

— SK Quinn

“In the end, what matters is this: I survived.”

— Gail Honeyman

“I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again.”

— Melissa Marr

“Sometimes your instincts were wrong. Your body wants you to survive but sometimes there are more important things than just surviving.”

— Karina Halle

“By the time I was done talking, I considered walking into the ocean and drowning myself,”

— Megan Erickson

“But it’s like swimming underwater, you know? At first you feel as though you could go along forever, seeing everything from this new perspective,…

— Barry Eisler

“Back to his various modes of escape and survival. Because you have to escape to survive, as you must survive to escape.”

— Adam Rapp

“I paused finally and watched the trees for slashes of light, but saw none. As my heart settled and my ears became less occupied…

— Augusten Burroughs

“I cannot help but remind myself that all that time, you knew the truth. You allowed yourself to slowly make terms with your decision,…

— Jesse Warner

“I think back to the last thing Dave said to me and try to imagine what escaping oxygen would look like. It looks a…

— A.S. King

“...and just to evade confrontation, he opens a window on the fourth floor, ready to jump. The abyss, more and more often, is the…

— Domenico Starnone

“Though this situation is extreme, have you ever found yourself in an unexpected place but where, deep down, you knew you were supposed to…

— C.S. Lewis