Parenting Quote by Sylvia Plath

“But Dad was no longer breathing. That was what had happened to him, the connection with the air had been broken, now it pushed…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“and I couldn’t catch my breath, and my lungs were acting desperate, gasping, pulling me out of the bed trying to find a position…

— John Green

“The house gulped in a big breath of fresh air, like some frantic drowning thing breaking the water's surface and gasping for life. It…

— Rachel Autumn Deering

“You made your bed; now, you can die in it.”

— Judith Fitzgerald

“If it's softer than the ground and has a roof over it, I call it a bed. Dolorous Edd sniffed the air. I smell…

— George R.R. Martin

“Your parents died. Your world fell apart." I nod. He puts his hand on my cheek. "You were left drowning" I nod again. "And…

— Jessica Park

“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

“Can I have a glass of water?" Her voice was hoarse, probably from screaming. She'd always sounded like that after they'd- He didn't just…

— Jennifer Armintrout

“My bed is massive (I drown in it, and it doesn’t matter how big the bed is, my nightmares more than fill it)”

— Kiersten White

“I’d slink back to my room and curl up on the bed like a fish-hook and cry until I was rusty.”

— Jack Gantos

“The air is thick with words unspoken, like I could swim through them.”

— Rebekah Crane

“He wanted to fuck her loudly on a hard bed with rain beating on the windows.”

— Don DeLillo