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Quotes About Breath

I thought of James Baldwin, retreating to Paris in order to catch his breath and be stronger in his fight against oppression back home. I wanted to stomp the earth and leave giant footprints. What is the point of living if you don't leave your mark?
~ Rob Spillman
The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity
~ Robert A. Caro
10 The empty man in arrogance foments strife, but with those who take counsel is wisdom. 11 Wealth can be less than mere breath, but who gathers bit by bit makes it grow.
~ Robert Alter
Pollard took a breath. First Maria Juarez had disappeared, and now her tape had been destroyed, the same tape Maria claimed as her husband's alibi. Pollard found herself smiling, though without any humor. A hot breeze had picked up, but felt good on her face. She liked being on the summit. Pollard
~ Robert Crais
The rocks and rotten branches cut into Daniel's back. He took a tentative breath, and heard a wet popping in his chest. He coughed, but all that came out was aborted vomit. Daniel
~ Robert Crais
Walsh wet her lips again, and her jaw flexed. As if there was too much information to process, and the swell was lifting her too high and too fast to catch her breath. She finally nodded. "Okay. I'm listening.
~ Robert Crais
The shaggy saddle horses, already winter-coated, stood with their backs to the wind, watching the two men in the corral, the horses' tails blowing out, their breath snorted out in white plumes and carried away in tatters by the wind.
~ Kent Haruf
She wiggled until her nose and mouth found a pocket of air. After a few deep breaths, she realized her precious pocket of air was the crevice between his legs. Wonderful. She was doing heavy breathing on his crotch.
~ Kerrelyn Sparks
um zu schreien, musst du atmen.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Her eyes traced the sleek shape of the table's legs, the sinuous curves of its corners, the gleam of its reflective, dark brown surface. She noticed that every time she breathed out, the surface fogged, and she disappeared from her father's table.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Probabil c? am stat acolo cam un minut, dar mi s-a p?rut cel mai lung minut din viaÈ›a mea. Secundele se târau încet, desp?rÈ›ite de o eternitate. Aerul se f?cea tot mai greu, devenind aproape solid. SimÈ›eam c? nu mai pot s? respir. Baba a continuat s? m? È›intuiasc? cu privirea, f?r? s? se ofere s? citeasc?.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Mungkin aku berdiri di tempat itu kurang dari sepuluh menit, namun, hingga hari ini, aku merasa bahwa menit-menit yang berlalu pada saat itu adalah menit-menit yang terpanjang dalam hidupku. Detik-detik berjalan dengan sangat lambat, jedanya bagaikan seumur hidup. Udara terasa berat, lembab, hampir-hampir padat. Aku bernapas menghirup bata. Baba terus menatapku, dan tidak menawarkan diri untuk membaca ceritaku.
~ Khaled Hosseini
As soon as she opened the door to her office and invited us in, a blast of cold wind from the air conditioner swallowed me in its gentle, westernized embrace. I took in a deep breath, and suddenly, America was inside my lungs. Next to me, my mother began to cry.
~ Kien Nguyen
For like a poisonous breath over the fields, like a mass of locusts over Egypt, so the swarm of excuses is a general plaque, a ruinous infection among men, that eats off the sprouts of the Eternal.
~ Kierkegaard
Having been a demon curse, however brief, should leave a mark. A streak of silver hair, or bewitching eyes. Maybe crows on one's roof or a hound from hell at your heel. Blowing out my breath I stood and squinted at my reflection. A black eye. Swell.
~ Kim Harrison
Lately I'd begun carrying pain amulets in my bag, like some people have breath mints.
~ Kim Harrison
Wayde yelled, and I hit him again, adrenaline pulling a scream of outrage from me. He went quiet, and I held my breath to make sure I could hear him breathing. I suppose I could have used my magic on him, but this was a lot more satisfying.
~ Kim Harrison
Taking a breath, I stepped into the line to find him standing right where I'd left him, smiling with his hand extended. (Rachel and Al)
~ Kim Harrison
Close your eyes. Take a breath. Count to three. Let it out. Count to four." "Shove it up your ass," he said, hunching into himself and starting to shake. "The last time you told me to close my eyes and count from ten, look what happened to me.
~ Kim Harrison
Ivy?" I called as I went belowdecks, fear winding between my soul and reason when she didn't answer. The silence ate away at my hope like bitter acid, drop by drop, breath by breath.
~ Kim Harrison
Give me a minute to catch my breath," I said, sneaking glances at him. "Then we can head to the car. I need a few more things to make the demon spell, but I'm too tired to do it now." It grated on me to admit it, but it was kinda obvious.
~ Kim Harrison
Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every breath gives something back
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
Gud gjør sin yterste flid også med landstrykerne og later dem leve. Gud har fåt som en nys om at de intet er, at endog deres ødelæggelse er det rene skrôt uten storhet, det er bare simpel elendighet, simpel undergang, men han later dem ånde ind og ånde ut som veiret er til det.
~ Knut Hamsun
When Rydstrom shut the door, Cade stared at it for long moments. At length, he turned for the steps. Fuckall, he said on a stunned breath. Does this mean I'm no longer the bad brother...?
~ Kresley Cole