The-waves Quote by Virginia Woolf

“Then she sighed. Just the faintest, softest release of breath. The sound swept through his chest like a hurricane, with the force to topple…

— Tessa Dare

“A peaceful wave came over me, and I thought, Thank God I’m holding my breath.”

— Jarod Kintz

“...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

“She was swaying slightly from side to side, and he could see her shoulders rise and fall with each shuddering breath. He knew that…

— Julia Quinn

“But such a tide as moving seems asleep, too full for sound or foam, when that which drew from out the boundless deep turns…

— Alfred Tennyson

“fortunately it came out as a mere breath of sound. Another body turned over, rustling,”

— Diana Gabaldon

“A sudden intake of breath escaped her as soon as his lips touched the backs of her fingers. His rose birthmark tingled as if…

— Lia Davis

“And in the air around her, the echo of all those stifled hearts, trapped spirits, fluttered and sighed and breathed.”

— Kate Mosse

“He expelled a long breath, smiled slightly as if in memory. “I heard them in their room. She said she was a bit tired,…

— Meljean Brook

“they sleep, they can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them.”

— Margaret Atwood

“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

“...she took a breath that didn't feel like she was going to die.”

— Catherine Coulter