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“Swimming might be the closest to flying
a human being can get. There is something
about your body displacing water

in order to propel through space that makes you feel
Godtouched. That makes me understand evolution,
that we really must have crawled up from the sea.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

“After I put on my bathing suit, you must not look at me until I get into the water.'

'Why not?' asked Frog.

'Because I look funny in my bathing suit. That is why.' said Toad.”
― Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad are Friends

“Some people swim as fast as they can. Faster than most. They can never stop and rest for long, and they never reach their destination, for they are constantly swimming upstream. But eventually they become strong, in their own way.”
― Robert Black

“Going to a country where you don't speak the language is like wading into the sea when you can't swim - it's intimidating at first, not impossible, and ultimately manageable.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The place was in her blood, her bones, and her soul. Perhaps it was that siren song that called to her when she saw the edge where the water met the sky. Perhaps it was the peacefulness of the community itself. She didn't know.”
― Sharon Brubaker, Between Earth and Sea: A Selkie Tale

“While I'm in the water, I’m laughing and laughing. All my automatic thoughts switch off. I always dip my head under to make sure the cold gets to my brain. And afterwards, I can’t remember what was even worrying me. A switch has been flicked. It’s a physical thing.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

“I can’t let the emotion of fear submerge me. Drown me. The ocean is so big, so full of life, but I won’t drown in it. I can swim. I’ve learned to swim now.”
― Sara Wolf, Send Me Their Souls

“Papi learned to swim in water that wanted to kill him.
That ocean can't be so different; shouldn't be any different.
If any man could take a hard dive & come up breathing,

it should be one who had practiced for just that his entire life.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

“Padra put a paw on his shoulder as they trudged slowly across the sand together.
“It’s unusual for an otter to take on a squirrel for a page,� he said, “and I’m a poor substitute for Crispin.�
Urchin had been feeling that he would never be happy again. Now hope flared. “I can swim a bit, sir, if that helps,â€� he said eagerly.”
― M.I. McAllister, Urchin of the Riding Stars

“Mermaid queens didn't often have a reason to move quickly. There were no wars to direct, no assassination attempts to evade, no crowds of clamoring admirers to avoid among the merfolk. In fact, slowness and calm were expected of royalty.
So Ariel found herself thoroughly enjoying the exercise as she beat her tail against the water- even as it winded her a little. She missed dashing through shipwrecks with Flounder, fleeing sharks, trying to scoot back home before curfew. She loved the feel of her powerful muscles, the way the current cut around her when she twisted her shoulders to go faster.
She hadn't been this far up in years and gulped as the pressure of the deep faded. She clicked her ears, readying them for the change of environment. Colors faded and transformed around her from the dark, heady slate of the ocean bottom to the soothing azure of the middle depths and finally lightening to the electric, magical periwinkle that heralded the burst into daylight.
She hadn't planned to break through the surface triumphantly. She wouldn't give it that power. Her plan was to take it slow and rise like a whale. Casually, unperturbed, like Ooh, here I am.
But somehow her tail kicked in twice as hard the last few feet, and she exploded into the warm sunlit air like she had been drowning.
She gulped again and tasted the breeze- dry in her mouth; salt and pine and far-distant fires and a thousand alien scents.”
― Liz Braswell, Part of Your World

“Listen, direct action—direct action is the third best feeling in the world.â€�
“What’s the second?�
“Peeling off a wet swimsuit.”
― Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

“Swimming feels wonderful—almost as good as flying through the air,â€� Tsukuru explained to Sara one time. “Have you ever flown through the air?â€� she asked. “Not yet,â€� Tsukuru said.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“Everyone in my life taught me to swim in the ocean of myself.”
― Sara Wolf, Send Me Their Souls

“The adults looked transfixed by Andee. When Andee finally swam a little closer, Siobhan could see why: the determined set of her mouth, the ferocity in her eyes. How much she wanted to finish. She would finish, no matter what. It would be cruel to stop her. And more to the point, if they ever were stranded in the ocean, Andee—who had been in the water for what felt like an eternity—would be the last to go down.”
― Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore

“In some sports, you can just get by on a lot of natural talent. In swimming, it helps to be long and lean, but you can’t be good at it without putting in the work. There is a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it.”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“I pray every day, so I can see you bringing me a peace. It is daydreaming when I see your swimming in the sea; only peace that illuminates our day meet to radiate.”
― Alan Maiccon

“Swimming was the opposite of panic attack. Fluid and calm and quiet.”
― John Corey Whaley, Highly Illogical Behavior

“Masterful practice leads to success. If you constantly repeat and strengthen your mistakes in swimming, how can you expect better results?”
― Piotr J. Kober, The Front Crawl - the Swimming Technique - How to Train Like a Professional

“Baba followed me in and lifted his head to the sky.
It was like he could taste the sun.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance

“The thing she had once loved about swimming was the disappearing. In the water, her focus had been so pure that she thought of nothing else. Any school or home worries vanished. The art of swimming â€� she supposed like any art â€� was about - - purity. The more focused you were on the activity, the less focused you were on everything else. You kind of stopped being you and became the thing you were doing.”
― Haig Matt, The Midnight Library

“He waded into the still water.
And began to swim.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“When I can’t get to the sea water or to a tennis court, or out for a long, brisk walk, I work on stretch exercises at home. One that I do many times a day as I move around my apartment involves standing for a moment with my back again a wall. I dig my heels into the floor, stand straight, and place the palm of my hand between the small of my back and the wall. Keeping my chin level, I pull the crown of my head toward the ceiling. At the same time I push the small of my back toward the wall until there’s no longer room for my hand.”
― Joan Crawford, My Way of Life

“It was a beautiful night, moonless, still. The staff trudged to the water's edge but Thatcher plunged right in until he was up past his knees. He let Fiona go and she splashed into the water and the water lit up around her like a force field.
"Whoa-ho," said Paco. (Adrienne knew he and Louis had been smoking dope back in pastry.) "That's cool."
Delilah was the next one in because she was young and unabashed about swimming in her clothes. She dove under, and again, the water illuminated around her.
Soon the whole staff, including Adrienne, was in the ocean, marveling at the way the water sparkled and glowed around their arms and legs.
"Phosphorescence," Adrienne heard Thatcher say. In the dark, she couldn't tell which body was his. "I didn't want any of you to miss it."
Thatcher had called this a morale booster, but Adrienne's heart was aching, for reasons unknown. She put her head under and opened her eyes as she waved her hands to light up the water around her. But now, this minute, that notion seemed silly and wrong. You're not like the other people who work here. You're not like them at all. The Parrishes were right, though Adrienne didn't know how she was different or why that bothered her. Her eyes stung from the salt water. She wanted to be swimming next to Thatcher, and what she really wanted was for it to be her and Thatcher out here alone. Just the two of them, floating in the sea of light.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Blue Bistro

“Yoga is swimming in the air.”
― Adrienne Posey

“Gazing back at the water, I felt the urge to do it all over again, to go back and exist in those crystalline seconds of intense cold. My blood sparkled in my veins. I was certain that I could conquer it a second time around, could tolerate a little longer in that frozen claw. “That was brilliant,â€� I gasped.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

“A good swimmer is one who knows how to swim through the river of life without drowning.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Trying to level up your swimming is tough enough, doing it with teammates and friends who are content to swim in the waters of mediocrity is tougher.”
― Olivier Poirier-Leroy

“I know things might not work,' I said. 'And I know it's scary, but the things that are worth it are. It feels right.' [. . . ] It was like swimming under the stars, like sleeping outside, like climbing a tree in the dark and seeing the view. It was scary and safe and peaceful and exciting, all at the same time.”
― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone

“He swam past the prawn broker shop which sold used fish”
― J.S. Mason, A Dragon, A Pig, and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar...and other Rambunctious Bites

“Good swimmers didn’t depend on swimming rings.
They made use of their guts!”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover