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“He felt a fluttering inside his chest that he mistook for an air pocket - probably left from when he pushed himself through the…

— Neal Shusterman

“What he carried with him, all he carried with him, was a lack, something like a lack of air, of proper behavior in his…

— Alice Munro

“His mind and his flesh had separated, his brain had sat high and frightened above the mule of his body, a beast of burden…

— Adam Johnson

“He was up to his neck in it. He was breathing the air of its world, adapting to its gravity. The story's essence had…

— Haruki Murakami

“His body tensed as his gut was struck with a frozen bullet of shock. He couldn’t breathe.”

— Sidney Knight

“He imagined dying and being cut open and there were all his bones and muscles and his bared arteries and capillaries leading to a…

— Ali Shaw

“A phantom pain lanced through his ribs, brutally violent and nauseating. His knees buckled. Not pain from a wound of his—but another’s. No. No,…

— Sarah J. Maas

“He could feel sweat trickling down his back. It was a sensation he hadn't felt in a long time. A gut-gnawing fear that started…

— Phil Ford

“He's dangerous, electric, impossible to contain. His body is rippling with an energy so extraordinary that even when he's calmed down it's almost palpable.…

— Tahereh Mafi

“He was breathing the air of its world, adapting to its gravity. The story’s essence had permeated every part of him, to the walls…

— Haruki Murakami

“Drowned out by the sound of his heart throwing itself against his ribcage.”

— Amy Zhang

“Before he could take a clear breath, another blast of oxygen left to rot burrowed down his nose and throat. Looking”

— Hunter Shea