#breathing

In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#america #become #breathing #inherit #institutional

I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#art #artsist #breath #breathing #designer

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat but often the shadow seems more real than the body. ↗

— Tomas Tranströmer

#breathing #hearts #living #beauty

You happened to me,You scare me to death, you know. When you stormed into my life, you turned everything inside out. You upset all the things I believed about myself and made me think in new ways. I know who I used to be, but I’m finally ready to figure out who I am. Cynicism gets tiring, Isabel, and you’ve . . . rested me.And don’t you dare tell me you’ve stopped loving me back, because you’re still a better person than I am, and I’m counting on you to take more care with my heart than I took with yours. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#love #death

We're always one breath away from something, living or dying, sometimes it just can't be helped. ↗

— Heather Gudenkauf

#death #life #life-and-death #death

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death #life #death

Every minute with you, Darling Eve, is a minute to treasure." She slid a glance toward him as she uncoded the seal. "You really do want sex." "I'm still breathing, so that would be yes. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#eve-dallas #roarke #death

I knew how much Evan loved me. And I knew I didn't deserve it. But I also knew he was the only one I loved. The only one I would ever love. ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #love

Keep breathing," said Ben. "That's the big thing for now." --"Money Talks ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#money

Breathing involves a continual oscillation between exhaling and inhaling, offering ourselves to the world at one moment and drawing the world into ourselves at the next... ↗

— David Abram

#meditation #nature #nature