Alive Quote by Sanhita Baruah

“Sometimes pain can bring about clarity and remind us we’re still breathing.”

— Shane Kuhn

“I reason that breathing is more important than blunting the pain.”

— Scott Parazynski

“I felt I hadn't breathed since early morning, that my heart had not beat-and only now for the first time I took a breath,…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“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

“We cut ourselves. Not by accident, we do it purposely, and regularly, because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a…

— Shelly Stoehr

“Sometimes I feel somebody is choking me to Death. I guess, its's Life.”

— Nitin Singh

“Every damn breath hurt like hell, but I kept Breathing too. I told myself it would be a privilege to breathe through pain like…

— Rachel Van Dyken

“When I write I feel like I can breathe. It’s like yoga for the brain.”

— Elise Stokes

“I don't remember what it means to breathe. I never, ever knew what it meant to feel.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“It’s weird,” I said. “In one way I feel almost crushed by all the freedom, but the longer I travel, the more I feel…

— Kristine K. Stevens

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

— Veronica Roth

“I felt disincarnate, cut loose from myself. How it would feel to be back in my body again I couldn’t imagine.”

— Donna Tartt