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3f8f03d
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I hit him on the back of the neck. He submerged.
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drowning
humor
ilona-andrews
kate
magic-strikes
tub
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Ilona Andrews |
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6dc2c28
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Tell her this And more,-- That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys.
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drowning
king-neptune
neptune
ocean
poseidon
sea
the-ocean
the-sea
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Stephen Crane |
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2d32b81
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The LSD phenomenon, on the other hand, is--to me at least--more interesting. It is an intentionally achieved schizophrenia, with the expectation of a spontaneous remission--which, however, does not always follow. Yoga, too, is intentional schizophrenia: one breaks away from the world, plunging inward, and the ranges of vision experienced are in fact the same as those of a psychosis. But what, then, is the difference? What is the difference between a psychotic or LSD experience and a yogic, or a mystical? The plunges are all into the same deep inward sea; of that there can be no doubt. The symbolic figures encountered are in many instances identical (and I shall have something more to say about those in a moment). But there is an important difference. The difference--to put it sharply--is equivalent simply to that between a diver who can swim and one who cannot. The mystic, endowed with native talents for this sort of thing and following, stage by stage, the instruction of a master, enters the waters and finds he can swim; whereas the schizophrenic, unprepared, unguided, and ungifted, has fallen or has intentionally plunged, and is drowning.
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drowning
lsd
metaphor
mysticism
schizophrenia
shamanism
yoga
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Joseph Campbell |
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4efa599
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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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1966
drowning
futility
orlov
sailing
swimming
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James Clavell |
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ef19eef
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"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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crying
drowning
ironic-death
irony
tears
water
wonderland
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Lewis Carroll |
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67137bc
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The next morning the sea was calm again, the sun was shining, and the water was so blue and innocent a man might never know that under it my brother floated, dead with all his men.
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drowning
duplicity
innocence
lie
morning
ocean
sea
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George R.R. Martin |
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8235210
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"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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ambience
art
better-days
cape-breton
diner
drowning
fifties
friendship
funny
kitchen
love
nostalgia
nova-scotia
parents
pollution
retro
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Rebecca McNutt |
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aaa8b20
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"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?"
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clever
drown
drowning
gun
jamie-fraser
roger-mackenzie
seasick
seasickness
threat
threatening
threats
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Diana Gabaldon |
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8d93dca
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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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drowning
ignorance
ignorance-quotes
tidal-wave
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Alexander McCall Smith |