"There is a saying in the Neverland that,every time you breathe, a grown-up dies."
— J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)

"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

""I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos.""
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

"Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile."
— Tessa Dare (A Lady of Persuasion)

"If I could choose between loving you and breathing, I'd use my last breath to say "I love you"."
— Unknown

"From The Twelve Enlightenments

Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think it’s you is not the main protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, you are not breathing; breath is naturally happening to you. You can purposely end your own life, but you cannot purposely keep your own life going. The expression, “My life” is actually an oxymoron, a result of ignorance and mistaken assumption. You don’t posses life; life expresses itself through you. Your body is a flower that life let bloom, a phenomenon created by life."
— Ilchi Lee

"I thought about having a proper room,
breathing life into it, and nobody minding."
— Jenny Valentine (Broken Soup)

"We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath."
— Lawrence Binyon