Breathless Quotes

128 Breathless quotes by 113 unique authors

Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay… — George Sewell
Who's to say what will one day appear to have been trendsetting? Sometimes artists who receive breathless acclaim initially, seem to conk out. Other artists… — Charles Saatchi
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. — Charles de Gaulle
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. — Soren Kierkegaard
It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance. — Annie Dillard
He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and… — Lois Lowry
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Have you ever gotten breathless before from a beautiful face, for i see you there, my dear. — Unknown Author
What I saw next stopped me dead in my tracks. Books. Not just one or two dozen, but hundreds of them. In crates. In piles… — Jennifer Donnelly
Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense… — Oswald Chambers
I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race.… — Jean Webster
A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Once, when she was six years old, she had fallen from a tree, flat on her stomach. She could still recall that sickening interval before… — Margaret Mitchell
Whether you approach your dreams on soft feet or in a breathless run, just so long as you acknowledge that your dreams are valuable and… — Devon Monk
All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as… — Kenneth Grahame
There is something about her eyes. Eyes don't breathe. I know that much. But hers look breathless. — Mary E. Pearson
I must be besotted,â€ he said evenly. â€œI have the imbecilic idea that youâ€™re the prettiest girl Iâ€™ve ever seen. Except for your coiffure,â€ he… — Loretta Chase
Good-bye, my moonsong and my breath, my white nights and golden days, my fresh water and my fire. Good-bye, and may you find a better… — Paullina Simons
He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment… — Alexandra Bracken
It was a grey day, that least fleshly of all weathers; a day of dreams and far hopes and clear visions. It was a day… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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