Quote by Melanie Dickerson

“They stand close for a while, not touching, but breathing each other's breath. The city is silent now, as if for peace.”

— Helen Dunmore

“There is a sound to waiting. It sounds like held breath pounding its fists against the walls of the lung, damp and muffled beats.”

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

“The pair stood in long silence. Another thing Eilidh missed. Humans rushed everywhere, filled every moment with noise. They lacked the discipline of quiet.”

— India Drummond

“...regardless of where they were, their hearts were always beating at the same pace.”

— Haidji

“My heart is beating so fast and fierce I hardly hear them.”

— Suzanne Collins

“as if her heart was slotting into place, a moment to breathe.”

— Jessie Burton

“Afterward, there was that long, crowded pause in which everyone decides that although they are very shaken, and possibly upside down, they are, to…

— Terry Pratchett

“How loud a heart could beat. Until it took your breath away.”

— Cornelia Funke

“Around them there was nothing but silence, as if all the world were holding its breath.”

— Philip Pullman

“...it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold…

— Charles Dickens

“The quiet between them had gone on for far too long now to pretend it was anything other than what it was. There were…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“Among my stillness was a pounding heart.”

— Shannon A. Thompson