“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.”

“Bob poured and brought two cups over, hardly rattling them on the saucers. "Drink up. This should restore your inner bitch." Bailey scowled at him. "See?" he said. "It's working already, and all you've had is fumes.”

“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.”

“I'll still love you because you are mine. Mine, Brynne. In my heart you are, and nobody can take that away from me. Not even you.”

“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)”