“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)”

“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.”

“A girl that's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned.”

“It was like drowning, only from the inside out.”

“The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.”

“Look Tony, what are the odds of a prime minister being drowned or taken by a shark?”

“the poisonous world flows into my mouth like water into that of a drowning man”

“hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.”

“You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?”