Quote by Kaori Ozaki

“It's hard to breathe, and I close my eyes. There's a hard lump of air in my chest, like I've swallowed a raincloud whole.”

— Haruki Murakami

“I held my breath—but the pain was worse, jagged edges of glass ripping my heart apart,”

— Melanie Benjamin

“I take a deep breath and tiptoe to the window only to press my nose against the cool surface. Feel my breath fog up…

— Tahereh Mafi

“The night air slips into my lungs, and I feel like it is one of my first breaths.”

— Veronica Roth

“You make it so hard to breathe.”

— Colleen Hoover

“... But my voice is too soft. The wind picks up my words and swallows them whole.”

— Hafsah Laziaf

“She couldn't breath around the pain in her chest. "Tell me I'm the only one.”

— Melissa Marr

“And that’s when it hit me. Like a building had fallen on me. The oxygen in my chest swirled into a vortex created by…

— Dennis Lehane

“I stare up into the dark with an ache in my chest that makes it hard to breathe. But not hard to think.”

— Ally Condie

“Each time a breeze starts, I feel the air all the way through me.”

— Nina LaCour

“Not every day hurts. Not every breath hurts. Maybe that's all we can really ask for.”

— Hannah Harrington

“You are that one breath. that puts all the remaining breaths. back into my body.”

— Sanober Khan