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  1. Lewis Carroll _ Alice's Adventures in

    I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer today.
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  2. Rebecca McNutt _ Super 8: The Sequel to Smog

    I think we ought to find something else to do," said Mandy. "But Alecto my love, you're the first person to notice my retro diner kitchen. When my parents saw it, they thought I was creating a weird art project.""I like it. It's got that let's-drown-ourselves-in-better-days type ambiance," Alecto declared, his gray eyes narrowed.
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  3. Stephen Crane _ Complete Poems of Stephen

    Tell her thisAnd more,-That the king of the seasWeeps too, old, helpless man.The bustling fatesHeap his hands with corpsesUntil he stands like a childWith surplus of toys."
    book-quotedrowningseaocean

  4. Diana Gabaldon _ The Fiery Cross

    What . . . fellow?" The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie's neck, dampening his collar and plastering the linen between his shoulders.Duff didn't answer immediately. A look of speculation flickered in his small, deep-set eyes."Don't think about it, Duff," Roger said, softly, but with great assurance. "I can reach ye from here with an oar, ken?""Aye?" Duff glanced thoughtfully from Jamie, to Roger, and then to me. "Aye, reckon ye might. But allowin' for the sake for argyment as how you can swim, MacKenzie-and even that Mr. Fraser might keep afloat-I dinna think that's true of the lady, is it? Skirts and petticoats . . ." He shook his head, pursing thin lips in speculation as he looked at me. "Go to the bottom like a stone, she would."Peter shifted ever so slightly, bringing his feet under him."Claire?" Jamie said. I saw his fingers curl tight round the oars, and heard the note of strain in his voice. I sighed and drew the pistol out from under the coat across my lap."Right," I said. "Which one shall I shoot?
    book-quotedrowningthreatsgun

  5. James Clavell _ Tai-Pan

    If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable-if the sea wants you and your time has come.
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  6. Alexander McCall Smith _ The Woman Who Walked in

    There is a tidal wave of ignorance, Mma Ramotswe. It is a great tidal wave and it will drown all of us if we are not careful.
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