A Quote by Anna Kamienska
We cling to words like drowning men to straws. But still we drown, we drown.
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People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.
For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;--nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.
Everybody breaks sooner or later, Bob. Anyone can drown. Sometimes you see it. Most often, you don’t because the body protects and the skin hides, so drowning doesn’t look like drowning and some people scar so nicely. Take it from an expert.
Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.
Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?
A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him.
It is a strange paradox: Humans drown in the water, fish drown in the land.
When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.
Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.
No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
When I was working on 'Drown' - this was way back in the mid-'90s - I had this idea that I wanted to do another collected stories. I wanted to do another book like 'Drown' that focused specifically on infidelity.
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