“This world, it breathes you in … it knows you, and then it breathes you out again, shares you.”

“When we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering in the world, or just drained by the stress of the day, do this. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and know that the very breath you are taking is the same miracle of life that pervades all creation. He who gives you this breath, despite your anxieties, fears and pain, knows you. He knows you better than you will ever understand yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. You are experiencing the miracle. The most amazing miracle of all. The gift of life. All things will find harmony in this knowing, in this, is the whisper of not only all creation, but of the Creator.”

Michael Elmore-Meegan (1959) British humanitarian

“God, to breathe. Air. You don’t know what it means until you cannot take a breath”

Alice Borchardt book The Dragon Queen

“I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter

“Sometimes I breathe you in and I know you know.”

Tori Amos (1963) American singer

“What you breathe in this world may shape you.”

Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer

“are you breathing, are you lucky enough
to be breathing”

Hettie Jones (1934) American writer

“Are you running out of breath? Go faster!”

Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner

““I am a beggar.”
“You are a travesty,” said Titus, “and when you die the earth will breathe again.””

Mervyn Peake book Titus Alone

“Love is like breathing. You take it in and let it out.”

Wally Lamb book She's Come Undone