Breaths Quotes - Page 27

• Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mean, Bridges, Mind

  FaceBook post by Thich Nhat Hanh from Feb 29, 2016

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• Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop of a horse. To master our breath is to be in control of our bodies and minds. Each time we find ourselves dispersed and find it difficult to gain control of ourselves by different means, the method of watching the breath should always be used.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Horse, Mean

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.20, Beacon Press

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• You all right?" Diana let out a deep breath. "Ask me again when I'm not praying.

  Nora Roberts

  Praying, Diana, Deep Breath

  Nora Roberts (2012). “Tempting Fate: The MacGregors”, p.125, Penguin

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• I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart - so hard, it hurt me. A hundred times I almost rose, almost went in to her; a hundred times I thought, Go to her! Why are you waiting? Go back to her side! But every time, I thought of what would happen if I did. I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her.

  Sarah Waters

  Hurt, Lying, Heart

  Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.153, Penguin

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• His finger flicked open a button on my cardigan-then two, three, four. It tumbled off my shoulders, leaving me in my camisole. He pushed up the hem, teasing and stroking his thumb across my stomach. My breath came in a sharp intake of air.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Air, Two, Leaving

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “Silence”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• I couldn't look at you and breath at the same time.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Looks

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.709, Simon and Schuster

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• If you accept others as equals, you embrace them unconditionally, now and forever. But if you let them know that you tolerate them, you suggest in the same breath that they are actually an inconvenience, like a nagging pain or an unpleasant odour you are willing to disregard.

  Arthur Japin

  Pain, Forever, Tolerance

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• When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can smell his breath, take his pulse and check his pupils to see if he's ingested anything nasty, or you can believe him.

  Richard K. Morgan

  Mother, Believe, Men

  Richard K. Morgan (2009). “The Steel Remains”, p.3, Del Rey

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• She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” as her mother said, who never colored, gracefully or otherwise. (Convincing her mother that Christianity had, to all intents and purposes, originated with the Italians, thus making them the exact opposite of heathen, was a waste of time and breath.)

  Gail Carriger

  Mother, Opposites, Purpose

  "Soulless". Book by Gail Carriger, October 1, 2009.

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• There is no lock strong enough nor wall thick enough to keep Death out," he murmured, his lips close to my ear so that I could feel the puff of his breath against my skin. The ends of a couple of his braids had found their way under the collar of my flannel night-shirt and tickled the base of my neck. "Are you speaking literally or metaphorically?

  Jenna Black

  Strong, Wall, Couple

  Jenna Black (2016). “Descendant: The Complete Nikki Glass Series”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• I want that quiet rapture again. I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books. The breath of desire that then arose from the coloured backs of the books, shall fill me again, melt the heavy, dead lump of lead that lies somewhere in me and waken again the impatience of the future, the quick joy in the world of thought, it shall bring back again the lost eagerness of my youth. I sit and wait.

  Erich Maria Remarque

  Powerful, Lying, Book

  Erich Maria Remarque (2013). “All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel”, p.127, Random House

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• Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.

  Edith Wharton

  Art

  Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.2061, Delphi Classics

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• For death remembered should be like a mirror, Who tells us life’s but breath, to trust it error.

  William Shakespeare

  Errors, Mirrors, Should

  William Shakespeare, Suzanne Gossett (2004). “Pericles: Third Series”, p.182, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order) shook his head and gasped for breath. “You shouldn’t have turned it on! It’s unstable! After a few years, automatons go wild!

  Rick Riordan

  Running, Order, Years

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• Breath of the winds; dancing flame; peace of the earth; song of the waves.

  Juliet Marillier

  Song, Flames, Wind

  Juliet Marillier (2011). “Seer of Sevenwaters”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I was reborn," she said, her hot breath brushing his ear. "You were reborn," Tengo said. "Because I died once." "You died once," Tengo repeated. "On a night when there was a cold rain falling," she said. "Why did you die?" "So I would be reborn like this." "You would be reborn," Tengo said. "More or less," she whispered quietly. "In all sorts of forms.

  Haruki Murakami

  Rain, Fall, Night

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “1Q84:”, p.113, Random House

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• Are there bears in these mountains?" he asked. His companion nodded. "Of course. But it's a bit early in the year for them to be moving around. Why?" Halt let go a long breath. "Just a vague hope, really. There's a chance that when the Temujai here you crashing around in the trees, they might think you're a bear." Erak smiled, with his mouth only. His eyes were as cold as the snow. "You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." "If you could manage to do it quietly, I'd almost welcome it," Halt said.

  John Flanagan

  Letting Go, Moving, Eye

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• You had this young man with you for... what, six years?" Halt shrugged. "Near enough," he replied. "And did you ever understand a word he was saying?" "Not a lot of the time, no," Halt said. Crowley shook his head in wonder. "It's just as well he didn't go into the Diplomatic Service. We'd be at war with half a dozen countries by now if he was on the loose." Will drew a deep breath to begin talking. He noticed that both men took an involuntary half step backward and he decided he'd better try to keep it as simple as possible.

  John Flanagan

  Country, War, Simple

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• You’re not going to drive me home?” I asked. A waste of breath, since I knew her answer. “There’s fog.” “Patchy fog.” Vee grinned. “Oh, boy. He is so on your mind. Not that I blame you. Personally, I’m hoping I dream about him tonight.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Dream, Home, Boys

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• First,” he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.” He dipped his head so his mouth was at my ear. His breath was warm, tickling my skin. “Good. Now pick up the knife.” “Does the chef always stand this close?” I asked, not sure if I liked or feared the flutter his closeness caused inside me. “When he’s revealing culinary secrets, yes.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Hands, Knives, Secret

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe you have my umbrella" he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Believe, Too Much, Umbrella

  Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.165, Random House

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• Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag.' Caelen took a deep breath, like he was in pain, and stood up. His voice was low, guttural. 'I was hoping I'd get the chance to kill you.' 'You won't be killing anyone, you sad little emo git.' 'You've stood in the way of our love for long enough.' 'Just listening to you makes me want to top myself, you self-pitying Paranormal Romance novel reject.' Caelen glared. 'Stop insulting me.' 'Why? If you cry will your mascara run?

  Derek Landy

  Running, Girlfriend, Emo

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• You throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes out of the pond after that? All we can do is stare at the pond, holding our breath.

  Haruki Murakami

  Sound, Ponds, Stones

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Mar 24, 2015

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• Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Heart, Order, Black

  Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “The Lacuna”, p.271, Faber & Faber

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• Sunrise What is the name of the deep breath I would take over and over for all of us? Call it whatever you want, it is happiness, it is another one of the ways to enter fire.

  Mary Oliver

  Fire, Names, Sunrise

  Mary Oliver (2014). “Dream Work”, p.43, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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