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I have very fond memories of swimming in Walden Pond when we lived in Boston. You'd swim past a log and see all these turtles sunning themselves. Slightly disturbing if you thought about how many more were swimming around your toes, but also rather wonderful.

— Mark Haddon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.

— Jo Brand

In Salford, we had fish in our tap water. I remember, one hot summer day, running to the toilet at playtime and dunking our heads in a sink full of water. I remember putting my head in and seeing all these little fish in it.

— Bernard Sumner

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

— Boris Johnson

I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.

— Kelly Preston

As long as there's a body of water nearby, I'm happy. Pools don't count. I like diving into the ocean and coming out refreshed.

— Sarah Carter

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home.

— Esther Williams

I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.'

— Angela Kinsey

✗Opposing Perspectives

We went to a small lake, Bass Lake. It was beautiful. It was perfectly still when we got there in the morning. The fog was lifting off the water. It was just magical. And we did catch some fish, 13 fish.

— Jennifer Granholm

The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.

— Natalie Dormer

I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row and skate, ride on the ferry in childhood, watch the logs or just dream.

— Susan Glaspell