Under Water Quotes

“...I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath ...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“I was looking for it," Eliza said. "For the tír fo thuinn. The land beneath the waves."
As if she might find Mam there, like the merrow from her childish story.”
― Emilia Hart, The Sirens

“In the water, Lucy feels herself bloom.
Her throat opens and she is breathing: she can feel the water nourish her, the sweet sting of the salt. She stretches out her hands in front of her, marveling at the webbed flesh. Her blood beats like a drum. She kicks her legs, feels the power in them, the beauty.
Ahead of her, Jess moves with the tide, her body at one with the sea, her hair a dark, drifting halo. Lucy sees the dance of the coral, throbbing pink and bright in time with the current. The silver dart of fish, the elegant shadow of a stingray.
Above, she knows, the storm rages: ashore, trees bend and sway, the leaves crackle with lightning. The wind picks up the sand in great billows, the waves white.
But here, all is peaceful, time slowed to the space between her heartbeats.”
― Emilia Hart, The Sirens