--- title: "7 Breath Waiting Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Breath Waiting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Breath Waiting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/david-whyte-3502_breath_what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath_63144.jpg" --- > [What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-whyte/what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath-waiting-for-you-to-take-the/) [David Whyte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-whyte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/david-whyte-3502_breath_what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath_63144.jpg) > [“He didn’t pay attention to her. I held my breath waiting for him to tell me what he saw. Valerie”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-jefford/he-didn-t-pay-attention-to-her-i-held-my-breath-waiting-for-him-to/) [Nikki Jefford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-jefford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/nikki-jefford-12536_pay-attention_he-didn-t-pay-attention-to-her-i-held-my_236789.jpg) > [“What are you?" I hold my breath, waiting. "Broken," she murmurs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-mcintyre/what-are-you-i-hold-my-breath-waiting-broken-she-murmurs/) [Cheryl McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-mcintyre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/cheryl-mcintyre-10446_waiting_what-are-you-i-hold-my-breath-waiting-br_576951.jpg) > [“Yet no matter what they were doing, everyone in the forest waited with an indrawn breath, waiting for the taste of autumn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-rogerson/yet-no-matter-what-they-were-doing-everyone-in-the-forest-waited-with/) [Margaret Rogerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-rogerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/margaret-rogerson-15651_change_yet-no-matter-what-they-were-doing-every_956577.jpg) > [“She was holding her breath, waiting to start living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-howard/she-was-holding-her-breath-waiting-to-start-living/) [Linda Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/linda-howard-3072_breath_she-was-holding-her-breath-waiting-to-st_1386751.png) > [“With Dante gone, time seemed to stand still around me; the mornings just as cloudy and dark as the evenings, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-woon/with-dante-gone-time-seemed-to-stand-still-around-me-the-mornings/) [Yvonne Woon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-woon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/yvonne-woon-23021_absence_with-dante-gone-time-seemed-to-stand-sti_1526575.jpg) > [“I hold my breath, waiting for her touch to bring me comfort. And then I realize that that's been my problem all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-ryan/i-hold-my-breath-waiting-for-her-touch-to-bring-me-comfort-and-then-i/) [Carrie Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/carrie-ryan-3373_quote_i-hold-my-breath-waiting-for-her-touch-t_1591382.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breath-waiting/#itemlist", "name": "Breath Waiting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Whyte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-whyte/what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath-waiting-for-you-to-take-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/david-whyte-3502_breath_what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath_63144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/david-whyte-3502_breath_what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath_63144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/david-whyte-3502_breath_what-if-the-world-is-holding-its-breath_63144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What if the world is holding its breath - waiting for you to take the place that only you can fill?” — David Whyte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He didn’t pay attention to her. 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