“I tried to drown the pain away but my pain learned how to swim...”
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.”
“In my dream, I was drowning my sorrowsBut my sorrows they learned to swim”
“Maybe learning to be human was about learning to live in pain, not trying to figure out how to live pain-free. (156)”
“He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.”