“Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.”
“Sinking faster than a boat without a hull.”
Sonnet
Urban Hymns (1997)
“I was floating in a peaceful sea, rescued by a sinking ship.”
January 1979.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)
“The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
“Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.”
Standup Comic (1999)
Letter to Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (9 March 1877), as quoted in G. Cecil, The Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury. Volume II, p. 130
1870s
“Carter in the office, Take notes when I'm talkin', Smooth as a cruise boat floats when I'm walkin.”
Back on My Grizzy
Official Mix tapes, Da Drought 3 (2007)
