"Every third step I ran, my breath exploded out of me all in a rush. One step to suck in another cold lungful. One step to let it excape. One step of not breathing."

-- Maggie Stiefvater

#Breathing Quotes #Steps Quotes #Cold Quotes

“Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.”
“No matter the barbs of fate that frustrate you, no matter how stacked against you the cards of fortune. . . . There is a liberating law in the universe, and you can become the highest of the high, wisest of the wise.”
“the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.”

Source : Ann Beattie (2011). “Falling in Place”, p.47, Vintage
“Let us make hay while the sun shines.”
“When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.”
“The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.”
“There is no forgiveness in nature.”

Source : Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”
“There are very few people who do what I do.”

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