--- title: "1 Breathe Breath Quotes By Jane Yolen" description: "1 Breathe Breath quotes by Jane Yolen. Plus more from Jane Yolen and more Breathe Breath sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/jane-yolen-7302_close-your-eyes_now-you-must-close-your-eyes-yes-that-is_1437730.jpg" --- > [“Now you must close your eyes. Yes, that is it. Selinda, you, too. Good. Good. Bring in the dark that I may teach you to breathe. For it is breath that is behind words. And words that are the shapers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/now-you-must-close-your-eyes-yes-that-is-it-selinda-you-too-good-good/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/jane-yolen-7302_close-your-eyes_now-you-must-close-your-eyes-yes-that-is_1437730.jpg) ## More by Jane Yolen > [“You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/you-ve-got-some-power-jakkin-said-one-hug-and-the-lights-go-out/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [“Part of her revolted against the insanity of the rules. Part of her was grateful. In a world of chaos, any guidelines helped. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/part-of-her-revolted-against-the-insanity-of-the-rules-part-of-her/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [“Cinderella, until lately, has never been a passive dreamer waiting for rescue. The forerunners of the Ash-girl have all been hardy, active heroines who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/cinderella-until-lately-has-never-been-a-passive-dreamer-waiting-for/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/stories-he-d-said-his-voice-low-and-almost-husky-we-are-made-up-of/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/love-the-writing-love-the-writing-love-the-writing-the-rest-will/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Just write. If you have to make a choice, if you say, 'Oh well, I'm going to put the writing away until my children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/just-write-if-you-have-to-make-a-choice-if-you-say-oh-well-i-m-going/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/a-child-who-can-love-the-oddities-of-a-fantasy-book-cannot-possibly/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [“1. Write every day 2. Write what interests you. 3. Write for the child inside of you. (Or the adult, if you are writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/1-write-every-day-2-write-what-interests-you-3-write-for-the-child/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/what-is-a-vow-but-the-mouth-repeating-what-the-heart-has-already/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [A mist. A great mist. It covered the entire kingdom. And everyone in it - the good people and the not so good, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/a-mist-a-great-mist-it-covered-the-entire-kingdom-and-everyone-in-it/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we write the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/readers-re-create-any-story-to-suit-their-own-needs-they-re-clothe/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as we breathe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/we-all-have-such-stories-it-is-a-brutal-arithmetic-but-i-i-am-alive/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/ideas-are-the-cheapest-part-of-the-writing-they-are-free-the-hard/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last line in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/as-i-thought-about-endings-and-being-a-lover-of-fairy-tales-i-knew/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) > [Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/get-up-from-your-desk-and-wander-outside-occasionally-to-be-a-good/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe-breath/jane-yolen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Breathe Breath Quotes By Jane Yolen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now you must close your eyes. Yes, that is it. Selinda, you, too. Good. Good. Bring in the dark that I may teach you to breathe. For it is breath that is behind words. And words that are the shapers of knowledge. And knowledge that is the base of understanding. 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