In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me.
To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary
He rocked in the swells, floating like the first germ of life adrift on the earth's cooling seas, formless macule of plasm trapped in a vapor drop and all creation yet to come.
I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.
We've been 30 points adrift of the champions for the last two seasons, and although there are still three games to play, it's clear for everyone we're a lot closer now.
Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?
It's a rare moment when you get a housecleaning like this. It could presage a strong turnaround for an agency that's been adrift for years if not decades.
I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.