“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning.”
“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.”
“Don't people drown their sorrows in things like scotch? Not strawberry whatever-it's-called.”
“That's the water calling. It's a long time since anyone was drowned.”
“A drowning person doesn't rescue herself.”
“When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.”