I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients you and makes you think that down is up and up is down, so you may be swimming, swimming, swimming for your life in the wrong direction, all the way toward the bottom until you sink. That's how I feel, as though everything has been turned around.


Before I Fall (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9781848947139

Lauren Oliver Quotes

I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients...

I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients...

I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients...

I remember a story I once heard about drowning: that when you fall into cold water it's not that you drown right away but that the cold disorients...