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breath

«Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.»
«For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death»
«Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.»
«You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.»
«It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.»
«Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does»
«As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.»
Author: John Donne | Keywords: breath, mildly, virtuous, whisper
«For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?»
«Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living ?»
«A time is envisioned when the world was not, only a watery chaos (the dark, indistinguishable sea ) and a warm cosmic breath, which could give an impetus of life. »