• no trick: all you do is step over the edge and not look down
• “a piece of cake” compared to walking on mud
• knowing where the stones are
• better than breaking through ice
• scary business
• the same act as creating the world
• using the water's surface tension for support
• like walking on knives
• to experience the joy in living
• really no greater act of faith than flying a plane into the skies
• seeing and feeling the given miracle of life in every moment
• optional
• exactly like walking on land
• hard enough, but dancing on water — boy, that was tough
• not only a miracle — it’s advisable
• impossible, if you are human
• certainly not as great as rising from the dead
• not yet one of the skills taught in school
• not something people are born with, but rather a skill that anyone can develop if they learn to trust their vision and persevere in their practice
• the shouted "yes" to all that life will bring
• certainly not the “natural” thing to do
• not among my party tricks
• easy to someone with impulsive boldness
• more common than I’d once thought
  [Snippets gathered during the course of our research.]  See Bullet Lists.

"Swanhild walks the seas," from Eric Brighteyes by Henry Rider Haggard and illustrated by Lancelot Speed, 1891.

An illustration from an 1899 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "What in the world are you standing on?"