“To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.”

Idries Shah

Idries Shah - “To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant...” 1

Similar quotes

“Some people, I saw, had drowned right away, and some people were drowning in slow motion, drowning a little bit at a time, and would be drowning for years. And some people, like Mick, had always been drowning, they just didn’t know what to call it until now.”

Sara Gran
Read more

“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning.”

Ilsa J. Bick
Read more

“We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.”

Henry Miller
Read more

“A flower can't grow without rain. (Alexion)Too much rain and it drowns. (Danger)And yet the most beautiful of the lotus flowers are the ones that grow in the deepest mud. (Alexion)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon
Read more

“Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies.”

William Shakespeare
Read more