Breath

Famous quotes containing the word breath:

“Not a breath of wild air;
Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)

“Injurious Time now, with a robber’s haste,
Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how;
As many farewells as be stars in heaven,
With distinct breath and consigned kisses to them,
He fumbles up into a loose adieu,
And scants us with a single famished kiss,
Distasted with the salt of broken tears.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)