#breathing

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#breathing #first #important #important thing #life

Someday, it will be hard to remember why we were once so fired up about 3G connectivity and the wonders of mobile broadband. Seamless, lightning-fast connectedness will be a given everywhere on Earth, and today's gadgets will be quaint museum pieces. At that point, all we'll care about is what kind of life these devices have created for us. And if it isn't a good life, we'll wonder what we did wrong. ↗

— William Powers

#philosophy #technology #age

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

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

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

— Heather Gudenkauf

#death #dying #life #life-and-death #living

I've spent most of my life trying to make it to a future that still hasn't happened, or avoid a past that won't let me go. I don't remember when I've ever just stopped to live in the present, to hold on to the seconds I'm in. ~ Emma ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #life

Hold on to this life, Emma," he whispered. "You're so much stronger than you think you are. ~ Evan ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #life

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

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