“They are barely in control of themselves, taking turns to float up before dumping all buoyancy and crashing back into the wreck in a cloud of silt and debris.”
“Logic tells you that you cannot fall and that the buoyancy of the water will support you, but what you feel is the opposite.”
“Through his letters written at this time, there runs a strain of cheerfulness and buoyancy which is remarkable for one who so longed and wearied for home whenever he was absent from it.”