A Quote by David Whyte

Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.

David Whyte

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Absent Drown Edge Numbness

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David Whyte
English - Poet
Born: 1955

I am gay on the outside, especially among my own folk (I count Poles my own); but inside something gnaws at me; some presentiment, anxiety, dreams - or sleeplessness - melancholy, indifference - desire for life, and the next instant, desire for death; some kind of sweet peace, some kind of numbness, absent-mindedness.

Frederic Chopin

Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown.

Marilyn Manson

We cling to words like drowning men to straws. But still we drown, we drown.

Anna Kamienska

Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?

Salman Rushdie

When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.

Marilyn Manson

It is a strange paradox: Humans drown in the water, fish drown in the land.

Javad Alizadeh

You wanted to drown in a woman. Here's your chance. Drown in her blood" ~Violence(Maddox)

Gena Showalter

The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

Jonathan Majors

The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence.

Saul Bellow

Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.

William Shakespeare

You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.

Zig Ziglar

You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

Zig Ziglar

There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if I can see the world for the first time, and my place in it, independent of you, a whole vista of what may be. Even if it is not grand or inspiring, it is real and solid, unlike the fantasy I've built around you. I will do this. I will triumph over you.

Julie Berry

Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha.