“The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS”
Mary Downing Hahn book Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Source: Deep and Dark and Dangerous
“There is danger in deep water, and danger is more real than beauty in a boy’s mind.”
Source: Gormenghast (1950), Chapter 50, section 2 (p. 661)
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Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown