We jumped into water so clear and warm that it was like jumping from air to air. The sand rose up under us and we floated to where it met the sea and walked out of the water like creatures in an act of evolution.
Elisabeth EavesFloating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own breaths. It was so dark and I was so weightless that I had to look for my bubbles to be sure which way was up. I swam backward a little away from the boat and into outer space and waved my arm through the water. Sure enough the phosphorescents appeared trailing my movement like the tail of a shooting star. I let myself tip upside down and floated there watching the gentle snowstorm marveling that a world of such strangeness existed here all the time just under the surface.
Elisabeth EavesTags: wonder swimming natural-beauty
All right," Shannen says slowly, tucking a lock of dark brown hair behind her ear. "Why did you glue that dolphin upside down?"
Okay, so I'm a little distracted. "He's doing the back stroke.
The water doesn't know how old you are.
Dara TorresTags: inspirational motivation aging swimming
She loves swimming,” said Ellen, who I knew had been a competitive swimmer in college.
Ellen looked in the rearview mirror at Kara.
“Don’t you Kara?” asked Ellen.
There was no response.
“I didn’t start until I was three,” said Ellen. “She’s got a two year start on me.
He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer.
Jennifer LaneTags: swimming ya young-love first-time
At Dachau. We had a wonderful pool for the garrison children. It was even heated. But that was before we were transferred. Dachau was ever so much nicer than Auschwitz. But then, it was in the Reich. See my trophies there. The one in the middle, the big one. That was presented to me by the Reich Youth Leader himself, Baldur von Schirach. Let me show you my scrapbook.
William StyronTags: evil hate holocaust swimming auschwitz banality third-reich dachau
There’s an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming.
Frederick WeiselTags: drowning swimming teller weisel frederick-weisel
Into the day as by dream I swim
To the music of nourished meaning.
Tags: wisdom day poetry dreams literature dream meaning quotes thoughts swimming nourish poetry-quotes quotes-to-live-by swim literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic circling
The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger.
Leanne ShaptonTags: swimming
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