We, the Drowned
Carsten Jensen
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.”
“You died in the end, but you fought first.”
“Life had taught him about something far more complicated than justice. Its name was balance.”
“Is there anything more heartbreaking than drowning in sight of land? Is there a single one of us who hasn't at least once felt haunted by the fear of slipping away within sight of a safe haven?”
“We thought we knew everything about him. But that's not how life is. When all's said and done, we can never truly know one another.”
“That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it.”
“Hope can be like a plant that sprouts and grows and keeps people alive. But it can also be a wound that refuses to heal.”
“Now I remembered a captain's honor and his only duty: to bring his crew back alive.”
“Everyone in our town has a story--but it's not the one he tells himself. Its author has a thousand eyes, a thousand ears, and five hundred pens that never stop scribbling.”
“We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream.”
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Book Keywords:
grief, honour, sea, storytelling, love, small-town-life, drowning, failure, loneliness, relationships, hope, ocean, life-story, sailing, people, honor, duty
