„I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.“

— John Keats

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„I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is.“
— Sylvia Plath
„Through many waters borne, brother, I am come to thy sad grave, that I may give these last gifts to the dead. Forever and ever, brother, hail. Forever and ever, farewell.“
— Cassandra Clare
„For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.“
— Henry Miller