“It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit.”

“It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

“Falling down ain't falling down,
If you don't cry when you hit the floor,
It's called the past cause I'm getting past,
And I ain't nothing like I was before,
You ought to see me now”

Alicia Keys (1981) American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

“Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Sometimes when you hit send, you can imagine the message going straight into the person's heart. But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well.”

David Levithan book Every Day

“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

“You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?”

Haruki Murakami book The Elephant Vanishes

“What I want to know is what a fellow does when he plays golf. Tell me in as few words as you can just what it's all about. -- You hit a ball with a stick until it falls into a hole.”

P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) English author

“It's only falling in love because you've hit the ground.”

Josh Homme (1973) American musician

“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.”

John Webster (1578–1634) English dramatist