Alive Quote by Kaye Gibbons

“Taking a couple of deep breaths, he knew he had to choose his words carefully—in spite of the fact that his adrenal gland had…

— J.R. Ward

Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause,…

— Anonymous

“There was no gasping last breath or final, wisdom-filled declaration. No fluttering of the eyelids or clawed outstretch of hand. No moan or even…

— Sam Harris

“For all that was happening to him, his voice was strong and inviting, and his mind was vibrating with a million thoughts. He was…

— Mitch Albom

I saw him open his mouth wide. . . as though he had wanted to swallow all the air, all the earth, all the…

— Joseph Conrad

“He swallowed hard, annoyed at the sudden dryness in his throat. No reason to become all emotional about it now. He had already sold…

— G.S. Jennsen

The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried…

— Edith Wharton

“The past bubbled out of his black mouth.”

— Annie Proulx

The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than…

— Anonymous

“He had lived (without being aware of it) on those spiritual truths that he had sucked in with his mother's milk, but he had…

— Leo Tolstoy

He pretended it was the only thing that kept him from it. But, far back in his mind, he wondered if he could write…

— Richard Matheson