#out

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning. I was much further out than you thought, and not waving but drowning. I was much too far out all my life, And not waving but drowning. ↗

— Stevie Smith

#drowning #far #further #heard #him

I broke down on Thursday, Nov. 3, and told Sheriff Howard Wells the truth. It wasn't easy, but after the truth was out, I felt like the world was lifted off my shoulders. ↗

— Susan Smith

#broke #down #easy #felt #howard

I don't get to go out but an hour a day. ↗

— Susan Smith

#get #go #hour #i #out

I dropped to the lowest point when I allowed my children to go down that ramp into the water without me. ↗

— Susan Smith

#children #down #dropped #go #i

I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had to end our lives to protect us from any grief or harm. ↗

— Susan Smith

#anymore #children #end #felt #good

I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp into the water, and I did go part way, but I stopped. I went again and stopped. I then got out of the car and stood by the car a nervous wreck. ↗

— Susan Smith

#bad #car #did #down #end

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#build #era #fitness #govern #his

When I get out... if I get out of here, I hope that maybe we can get back together and have more kids. ↗

— Susan Smith

#get #here #hope #i #i hope that

When I left home, I was going to ride around a little while and then go to my mom's. As I rode and rode and rode, I felt even more anxiety coming upon me about not wanting to live. ↗

— Susan Smith

#anxiety #around #coming #even #felt

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#celebration #contain #even #fact #illusion