Quote by Anthony Doerr

“He took a deep breath, as if he were taking the air from my own lungs and swallowing it for himself.”

— Alyson Richman

“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

“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

“I believe his exact words were cosmic, soul-shattering, air in your lungs kind of love. ”

— Renee Carlino

“He breathed in hard. The stench of blood filled his lungs. Only now for the first time could he truly appreciate it.”

— Shane K.P. O'Neill

“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

“...and then I ripped his lungs out.”

— Anne Taintor

“He was so close to her then that they owned every molecule of air in the tiny room and the air grew heavy with…

— Ann Patchett

“My soul needs him as much as my lungs need air. So much so that I feel like I’m suffocating just being away from…

— J.B. McGee

“Getting air may have determined the way we got our bodies.”

— Christopher McDougall

“The contraption was necessary because my lungs sucked at being lungs.”

— John Green

“There were other things we noticed only at first, before we accepted them as a part of daily life. Then they got harder to…

— Elisabeth Eaves