--- title: "1 Need Breath Quotes By Ada Limon" description: "1 Need Breath quotes by Ada Limon. Plus more from Ada Limon and more Need Breath sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/ada-limon-25332_art_poems-have-always-been-a-place-for-quest_2939741.jpg" --- > [Poems have always been a place for questions for me. Not answers. And I have a lot of questions these days. One of the reasons I've felt so connected to poetry throughout the years is because it's the only art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/poems-have-always-been-a-place-for-questions-for-me-not-answers-and-i/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/ada-limon-25332_art_poems-have-always-been-a-place-for-quest_2939741.jpg) ## More by Ada Limon > [Precise, graceful, and generous, the poems in SuperLoop, seem to be born out of a deep, careful attention and a profound compassion. Sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/precise-graceful-and-generous-the-poems-in-superloop-seem-to-be-born/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“My mother was born on Valentine’s Day and because of that, I have oddly always loved Valentine’s Day. I have friends who absolutely hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/my-mother-was-born-on-valentine-s-day-and-because-of-that-i-have/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [Language can also be play and music and beauty and desire and grief and rage and truth without always having to be message-driven or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/language-can-also-be-play-and-music-and-beauty-and-desire-and-grief/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [I have been writing. Even when I intend not to write, I find myself writing. I'm currently in a place where I should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-have-been-writing-even-when-i-intend-not-to-write-i-find-myself/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [I think, as poets, we are in the odd position of constantly defending our art form. Which is funny and also sort of invigorating,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-think-as-poets-we-are-in-the-odd-position-of-constantly-defending/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“I denied it, this new land. But love, I’ll concede this: whatever state you are, I’ll be that state’s bird, the loud, obvious blur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-denied-it-this-new-land-but-love-i-ll-concede-this-whatever-state/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“Think crucial hanging. Think crayon orange. There is one low, leaning heart-shaped globe left and dearest, can you tell, I am trying to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/think-crucial-hanging-think-crayon-orange-there-is-one-low-leaning/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [There's so much rage in the world now and I'm finding poems to be the place where I want to stay. I rage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/there-s-so-much-rage-in-the-world-now-and-i-m-finding-poems-to-be-the/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“I wanted to be a hummingbird. It made sense to long for rapid wings and the ability to hover always— to be Huitzilopochtli taming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-wanted-to-be-a-hummingbird-it-made-sense-to-long-for-rapid-wings/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“Now, there's a twisty summer storm outside, and I desire nothing but this storm to come. The calm voice on the TV tells us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/now-there-s-a-twisty-summer-storm-outside-and-i-desire-nothing-but/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“I am not obsessing. I am just sitting here perforating this post-it with a push-pin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-am-not-obsessing-i-am-just-sitting-here-perforating-this-post-it/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“Life is like that. You think you’re just slogging along and then something reminds you that just getting up in the morning and choosing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/life-is-like-that-you-think-you-re-just-slogging-along-and-then/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [I'm always telling my students that the weirdest thing is the truth. I mean, the fact that we get up in the morning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-m-always-telling-my-students-that-the-weirdest-thing-is-the-truth-i/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“My mother’s psychic says, everyone essentially wants the same thing as everyone else, a sense of belonging, a coming home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/my-mother-s-psychic-says-everyone-essentially-wants-the-same-thing-as/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) > [“I like the lady horses best, how they make it all look easy, like running 40 miles per hour is as fun as taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-limon/i-like-the-lady-horses-best-how-they-make-it-all-look-easy-like/) [Ada Limon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-limon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/need-breath/ada-limon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Need Breath Quotes By Ada Limon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Poems have always been a place for questions for me. 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