“I felt that I could swim for miles, out into the ocean: a desire for freedom, an impulse to move, tugged at me as though it were a thread fastened to my chest. It was an impulse I knew well, and I had learned that it was not the summons from a larger world I used to believe it to be. It was simply a desire to escape from what I had.” WorldBelieveWellsMovingUsedDesireFeltOceanMilesImpulseSwimChestsThread Book:Outline Source: Outline
“If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.” IfsGivingArtDesireFoolPressesBoundsStrangerHarmTheeSwimSparesEstatesMerchants Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works