“Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.”
“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
“A relationship is like being in a forest, where snakes lurk awaiting the chance to entice.”
“Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.”
“Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?”
“The chances that lose in the lottery of being are invisible”