Family Quote by Melina Marchetta

“She wasn't sure she could breathe without him.”

— Rachel Hauck

“Shifting my dozing child, I gathered him up and carried him to his room where I pulled back his covers and laid him in…

— A.L. Jackson

“If I'd had enough breath, I would have screamed, both at the sensation and at the sheer pettiness of the bastard who wouldn't allow…

— Karen Chance

“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

“She wanted to breathe him in, hold tight until they’d lost track of where one ended and the other began.”

— Terri Osburn

“It came as naturally to him as breathing or lying, or worse. His mama had only taught her son to be cautious at all…

— V.S. Carnes

“Whenever he was asked what somebody had died of he'd reply (with immense gravity), "Lack of breath.”

— Aminatta Forna

“She wanted to buckle, lie on her side and gasp like an eviscerated fish. She held her breath against it, but her mouth parted.…

— Julie Anne Long

“Everyone, it seemed, whether a hardened criminal or a father of two, wanted to find some semblance of peace before exhaling a final breath.”

— Ania Ahlborn

“Underneath his battle armor, the man who commanded an armored battalion needed her. If he was wounded, she could bandage him. If he was…

— Paullina Simons

“As he bent closer, he realized they were words -- words his wife had carved into the cave ice with the last of her…

— Holly Black

“His little heart was so full of merriment that it could not hold it all, and it ran over into theirs.”

— George MacDonald