Quote by Melissa Keil

“I feel like I’m holding my breath all the time, never knowing when my lungs will just give up. The air we’re supposed to…

— Frances Hardinge

“It's the sound of my breathing that gets me, pouring down into my lungs and then tripping back up my throat.”

— Markus Zusak

“The walls that might make others feel like they are suffocating have become my lungs.”

— Rene Denfeld

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

— Veronica Roth

“That, that right there. That's it, that feeling, that moment of breathlessness, that little surge in your chest, the prickle of heat along your…

— Christine Zolendz

“My lungs are thick with the smoke of your absence.”

— Raymond Carver

“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'm dying. I am dying. I have finally achieved what I set out to do. My heart is splitting open and I breathe in…

— Courtney Summers

“I miss you so much my lungs have forgotten how to breathe.”

— Elana Johnson

“My breath is halted, like grasping for air after crying far too long and hard. It is like a hiccup, with a shivering sharpness…

— Joseph McGinnis

“I took a deep breath and filled my lungs with summer.”

— Natasha Solomons

“Hot breath drowns me in blood and rancid flesh. My mouth gapes in silent pain, I can’t breathe, and my ribs are bent to…

— Sam Austin