Gasping Quotes

“In August, an inescapable blanket of heat settled over Paducah, the last gasping breath of summer roaring its weight out over the populace.”

“Some days punch us in the gut so hard it seems we can feel the whole universe gasp with despair.”

“Because freedom and liberty and equality are as vital as breath, we only notice their absence when we are left gasping when the colors of diversity and individual liberty are drained from the world around us.”

“His eyes go wide while a gasp of wonder passes his lips. He turns his body fully toward us. His lips moving like a fish out of water, gasping for breath. He gives his head a shake and stutters out, “Mer—mermaids. There are fish with women’s bodies or—women with fish bodies sitting upon the rocks. I—I never knew...”

“Even lungs that are gasping are lungs that are trying.”

“A surge of emotion washed over him, took him under. He was helpless against it, flailing, gasping for air. Drowning in her.”

“You only know there is love and you feel beloved when you share,when you're gasping for air.You only know you are living and every moment you were longing for air.”

“The thing is that when you find true love it lives on, No matter if you two seperate but the love stays alive, broken, gasping for breath, love and affection, but in agony, waiting for everything to end.”

“The thunder of horses’ hooves grows ever louder, but, still, I do not move. The thunder of those hooves, the thudding of my heart, and the gasping in my lungs make such a cacophony, it’s a wonder I hear Edmund at all.”