drowning quotes

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‚I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,‘ you just scream.