--- title: "Popular Breathing Lines" description: "Browse 1,666 Breathing quotes by 1,249 authors. Discover the best Breathing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/adrienne-rich-803_breathing_in-the-nineteenth-year-and-the-eleventh_185827.jpg" --- > [in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides: Praise to life though it crumbled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/in-the-nineteenth-year-and-the-eleventh-month-speak-your-tattered/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/adrienne-rich-803_breathing_in-the-nineteenth-year-and-the-eleventh_185827.jpg) > [I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-energy-to-convince-oneself-that/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/douglas-coupland-305_arms_i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-en_1542352.jpg) > [An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wright/an-excess-of-development-can-undermine-the-most-ephemeral-but/) [David Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/david-wright-22775_born_an-excess-of-development-can-undermine-t_2708105.jpg) > [The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules-that it is a living and breathing thing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/the-essence-of-a-sound-style-is-that-it-cannot-be-reduced-to-rules/) [H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/h-l-mencken-245_breathing_the-essence-of-a-sound-style-is-that-it_2862550.jpg) > [Bachelors know all about parties. In fact, a good bachelor is a living, breathing party all by himself. At least that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/bachelors-know-all-about-parties-in-fact-a-good-bachelor-is-a-living/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/p-j-o-rourke-184_bachelor_bachelors-know-all-about-parties-in-fact_563529.png) > [When you were sleeping on the sofa I put my ear to your ear and listened to the echo of your dreams.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-mcdaniel/when-you-were-sleeping-on-the-sofa-i-put-my-ear-to-your-ear-and/) [Jeffrey McDaniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-mcdaniel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/jeffrey-mcdaniel-17829_arms_when-you-were-sleeping-on-the-sofa-i-put_1552218.png) > [Working hard and doing doing great work is as imperative as breathing. Creating great work warms the heart and enriches the soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lois/working-hard-and-doing-doing-great-work-is-as-imperative-as-breathing/) [George Lois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lois/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/george-lois-21482_being-the-best_working-hard-and-doing-doing-great-work_1184756.jpg) > [There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/there-was-nowhere-to-go-but-i-turned-to-go-and-met-atticus-s-vest/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/harper-lee-451_atticus_there-was-nowhere-to-go-but-i-turned-to_500125.png) > [When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/when-you-hit-your-strive-and-you-feel-confident-in-what-you-re-doing/) [Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/sigourney-weaver-4349_acting_when-you-hit-your-strive-and-you-feel-co_1968288.jpg) > [“If you are breathing, you are still alive. If you are alive, then you are still here, physically, on this planet. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-andrews/if-you-are-breathing-you-are-still-alive-if-you-are-alive-then-you-2/) [Andy Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/andy-andrews-2056_alive_if-you-are-breathing-you-are-still-alive_617085.png) > [“I don’t mean to insinuate that you are unfeeling or stifled of life…excuse me on that one. I just meant to ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dew-platt/i-don-t-mean-to-insinuate-that-you-are-unfeeling-or-stifled-of-life/) [Dew Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dew-platt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/dew-platt-13024_breath_i-don-t-mean-to-insinuate-that-you-are-u_2709259.jpg) > [By his own will Christ was dependent on Mary during Advent: he was absolutely helpless; he could go nowhere but where she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caryll-houselander/by-his-own-will-christ-was-dependent-on-mary-during-advent-he-was/) [Caryll Houselander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caryll-houselander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25c/caryll-houselander-22276_advent_by-his-own-will-christ-was-dependent-on_3080769.jpg) > [“From The Twelve Enlightenments Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/from-the-twelve-enlightenments-observe-your-own-body-it-breathes-you/) [Ilchi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/ilchi-lee-1445_breath_from-the-twelve-enlightenments-observe-y_2010598.png) > [My breathing slowed. I shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruta-sepetys/my-breathing-slowed-i-shaded-her-thick-chestnut-hair-resting-in-a/) [Ruta Sepetys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruta-sepetys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/ruta-sepetys-2570_blazing_my-breathing-slowed-i-shaded-her-thick-c_2484938.jpg) > [The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gorman/the-activity-of-both-sets-of-muscles-the-diaphragm-and-the-abdominal/) [Dave Gorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/dave-gorman-40297_abdominals_the-activity-of-both-sets-of-muscles-the_2831537.jpg) > [Meditation is not something you do once and you are done with. It is something that is like breathing, like blood circulating.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-is-not-something-you-do-once-and-you-are-done-with-it-is/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/rajneesh-54_blood_meditation-is-not-something-you-do-once_2335545.jpg) > [My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/my-older-sister-has-entire-kingdoms-inside-of-her-and-some-of-them/) [Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/karen-russell-1697_breathing_my-older-sister-has-entire-kingdoms-insi_310524.jpg) > [If the street life, not the Whitechapel street life, but that of the common but so-called respectable part of town is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/if-the-street-life-not-the-whitechapel-street-life-but-that-of-the/) [Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/willa-cather-634_breathing_if-the-street-life-not-the-whitechapel-s_565979.png) > [When you are balancing perfectly in a tree pose, everything is easy; your breath is deep and relaxed, and your muscles are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-stiles/when-you-are-balancing-perfectly-in-a-tree-pose-everything-is-easy/) [Tara Stiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-stiles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/tara-stiles-3249_balance_when-you-are-balancing-perfectly-in-a-tr_848680.png) > [He lay on his back in his blankets and looked our where the quartermoon lay cocked over the heel of the mountains.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/he-lay-on-his-back-in-his-blankets-and-looked-our-where-the/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/cormac-mccarthy-181_blanket_he-lay-on-his-back-in-his-blankets-and-l_1155418.jpg) > [“After she's gone, another brief lull sets in. This one is probably the last. But what good is a lull? It's only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornell-woolrich/after-she-s-gone-another-brief-lull-sets-in-this-one-is-probably-the/) [Cornell Woolrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornell-woolrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/cornell-woolrich-2734_anticipation_after-she-s-gone-another-brief-lull-sets_717324.jpg) > [When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-stern/when-writers-are-self-conscious-about-themselves-as-writers-they/) [Jerome Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-stern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/jerome-stern-73990_anguish_when-writers-are-self-conscious-about-th_2136599.jpg) > [“When you need to let it out, write. Get it out of you and onto paper. Just remember it may start small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-casino/when-you-need-to-let-it-out-write-get-it-out-of-you-and-onto-paper/) [Christina Casino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-casino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/christina-casino-58301_big-dreams_when-you-need-to-let-it-out-write-get-it_1660796.jpg) > [I moistened my lips. His gaze fixed on them. I think I stopped breathing. He jerked so sharply away that his long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-marie-moning/i-moistened-my-lips-his-gaze-fixed-on-them-i-think-i-stopped/) [Karen Marie Moning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-marie-moning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/karen-marie-moning-189_air_i-moistened-my-lips-his-gaze-fixed-on-th_1260579.png) > [To those of us who are not theologians, does it matter whether a thing is ordained or merely allowed? Are events that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/to-those-of-us-who-are-not-theologians-does-it-matter-whether-a-thing/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/elisabeth-elliot-1209_breathing_to-those-of-us-who-are-not-theologians-d_967026.jpg) > [The body has a wisdom of its own. However, slowly and circuitously that wisdom manifests, once it is experienced it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-woodman/the-body-has-a-wisdom-of-its-own-however-slowly-and-circuitously-that/) [Marion Woodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-woodman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/marion-woodman-11249_absolutes_the-body-has-a-wisdom-of-its-own-however_418963.png) ## Top authors on Breathing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/nhat-hanh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-levithan-27694.jpg) David Levithan 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/david-levithan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-marie-moning-55113.jpg) Karen Marie Moning 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/karen-marie-moning/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/deepak-chopra/) - [Rebecca Donovan 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/rebecca-donovan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-weil-13094.jpg) Andrew Weil 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/andrew-weil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/william-wordsworth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-oliver-65135.jpg) Mary Oliver 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/mary-oliver/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ilchi-lee-43191.jpg) Ilchi Lee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/ilchi-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathing/#itemlist", "name": "Breathing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides: Praise to life though it crumbled in like a tunnel on ones we knew and loved Praise to life though its windows blew shut on the breathing-room of ones we knew and loved Praise to life though ones we knew and loved loved it badly, too well, and not enough Praise to life though it tightened like a knot on the hearts of ones we thought we knew loved us Praise to life giving room and reason to ones we knew and loved who felt unpraisable. 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I know that I found it increasingly hard to maintain the pose of emotional self-sufficiency lying on my bed and sitting at my desk, watching the gulls cartwheeling in the clouds over the bridges, cradling myself in my own arms, breathing warm chocolate-and-vodka breath on a rose I had found on a street corner, trying to force it to bloom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Coupland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-energy-to-convince-oneself-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/douglas-coupland-305_arms_i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-en_1542352.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/douglas-coupland-305_arms_i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-en_1542352.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/douglas-coupland-305_arms_i-think-it-takes-an-amazing-amount-of-en_1542352.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around…” — Douglas Coupland", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. 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