Breath

Famous quotes containing the word breath:

“You ever gentle gods, take my breath from me;
Let not my worser spirit tempt me again
To die before you please!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Nor at so fair a pace
open the flower-petals
as your face bends down,
while, breath on breath,
your mouth wanders
from my mouth o’er my face.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)