“But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.”
“Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.”
“Why is it that some secrets can drown you while some pull you close to others in a way you never want to lose?”
“No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back,” Temeraire said.”
“I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.”
“Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink. ”