Drowning with Others Quotes

“He'd never known her secret, and he couldn't know. Even the strongest marriages hid tiny cracks that, if widened, could cause the whole foundation to crumble.”
― linda keir, Drowning with Others

“In the “Summer of ’69,” Bryan Adams was ten years old. His nostalgia wasn’t inspired by the year but by his fondness for a certain sexual position!”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Do you really want to walk away before you even know where it could go? Don't you think you deserve a chance to be happy?”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Would you rather be drowning with others, or swimming alone?”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Funny how fast your imagination always seems to take you places you never get to go.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Haiku is for Japanese seventeenth-century masters and twentieth century poseurs.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“He’s a longtime investigative reporter and former editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Poetry is about laying bare the collective secrets of our souls.

[Dallas Walker]”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Andi was surprised when her phone rang two weeks later. “I received a manuscript from Dallas Walker”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“school stood. He wished he’d had the guts to choose something honest, like the entry Andi had been bold enough to submit. While most students, like him, had produced anodyne statements calculated not to offend, she had mused about the private nature of journaling and how carefully curated everyone’s senior page actually was, before concluding with a poem: These Best Years Bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood Prepared, precisely prepped, on the path to our predestination Are we about to wake up? Or have we just fallen asleep? Every time Ian read her senior page, he thought about one of his entries from freshman year—the day he met her, September 20, 1993. A new girl started today. Her name’s Andi Bloom. She just showed up in algebra”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“What she is, is the sky. And the clouds-even the heavy, dark ones- will pass over and through her, representing each emotion. Some are happiness, some peace, and yes, others are sadness and distress. But they are all moving. The dark clouds feel heavier and slower than the light ones, but they won't stay forever. We have to make her see that she can get through and still be whole when they've passed.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“General questions lead to generally boring answers.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“So we were thinking---"
"We were thinking?" Dallas asked. "or he was thinking?"
I couldn't answer that question, so I didn't.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Miss your turn deliberately.
And find my driveway instead.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Then again, it was always easier one generation removed.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“Nothing happens anywhere...until it does.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“It was twenty years too late, but he was glad to hear her say it.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others

“only times she got shit-faced enough to show it the next day were New Year’s Eve, weddings, and the occasional book club that got out of hand.”
― Linda Keir, Drowning with Others