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Breath Quotes
On air, rhythm, and living something fully.
Breath shows up here as something ordinary and something poetic all at once — a punchline about morning coffee breath, and a serious reflection on shaping verse around the natural rhythm of speech. It pairs well with our Breathing collection for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a Flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poems are a form of music, and language just happens to be our instrument - language and breath.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
- Grandfathers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
- Nov 07, 2020
I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find patience in the breath of life.
- Obsessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm obsessed with fresh breath.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is excitement without breath.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Something in us is telling us we're moving too fast, at a pace dictated by machines rather than by anything human, and that unless we take conscious measures, we'll permanently be out of breath.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry is composing for the breath.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020