“Sketching is the breath of art: it is the most refreshing of all the more impulsive forms of creative self-expression and, as such, it should be as free, and happy, as a song in the bath.” ShouldArtSelfFormSongFreedomCreativeExpressionBreathsBathsSelf ExpressionRefreshingImpulsiveSketching Author:Mervyn Levy
“A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant turns or expression, or glittering trains of imagery, may fade gradually from the mind, leaving no enduring impression; but words which flow fresh and warm from a full heart, and which are instinct with the life and breath of human feeling, pass into household memories, and partake of the immortality of the affections from which they spring.” MindFirstsHumansHeartMayFeelingsTurnsMemoriesStyleExpressionSpringFlowSightBreathsTrainInstinctEndureLeavingAffectionWarmBrilliantImpressionImmortalityFadesHouseholdCompositionImageryDazzleGaudyEpithetFull Hearts Book:Essays and Reviews Source: Essays and Reviews
“It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.” FeelsI CanExpressionBreathsJustification Book:An Anthropologist at Work Source: An Anthropologist at Work
“If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.” IfsGivingHumansUsedLiteratureExpressionBreathsInvestigation Author:E. W. Howe
“Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music. You've heard the expression, music of the spheres? Well, that's a very literal phrase. In the Gospels, we read, "And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." That 'breath of life' to me is the music of life and it permeates every fiber of creation.” MenWorldFeelsBelieveWellsMadeSoulBigsEarthFormI BelieveSoundLordHeardCreationThis WorldExpressionHugeBreathsDustPhrasesSpheresOrchestraLiteralFiberDeep InsideLord God Author:Michael Jackson
“He [Wilhelm Reich] believed that the individual's walk, stance, and breath patterns revealed a specific character type. Reich thought chronic muscular tension indicated repression and blocked the expression of affect. An example is the tight holding of the chest area as a sign of repressed feelings of need and longing.” NeedsCharacterFeelingsIndividualWalksExampleExpressionTypeAreasBreathsLongingPatternsTensionChestsRepressionStanceBlockedRepressed Author:Judith Lynne Hanna
“Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror--of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision--he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: The horror! The horror!” MomentsFacesDesireVisionStruggleSawsCryExpressionPrideHorrorDespairBreathsTerrorDetailsSupremeSurrenderIntenseTemptationFeaturesTouchedHopelessFascinatedCriedVeilsRuthlessIvoryHeart Of Darkness Author:Joseph Conrad
“He closed his eyes and let out a jagged breath. "Okay." He settled between my legs holding himself over me. "I've never been with a virgin, Eva. I'm going to try real hard not to hurt you." "Will it hurt you?" I asked, thinking about his pained expression when he'd said I was too tight. He smiled, "It's going to be the closest to heaven I'll ever get, baby.” ThinkingTryingSaidRealHardEyeHeavenHurtExpressionBabyOkayBreathsLegsHis EyesClosestIt HurtsVirgins Author:Abbi Glines
“Charlotte said that if I chose, I could cease to be a Gray and take the name my mother should have had before she was married. I could be a Starkweather. I could have a true Shadowhunter name." She heard Will exhale a breath. It came out a puff of white in the cold. His eyes were blue and wide and clear, fixed on her face. He wore the expression of a man who had steeled himself to do a terrifying thing, and was carrying it through. "Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name," Will said. "You can have mine.” IfsMenShouldSaidEyeFacesMotherCoursesNamesWhiteClearHeardMinesExpressionColdMarriedShould HaveBreathsBlueWideCeaseFixedHis EyesGrayShadowhuntersPuffCharlotte Author:Cassandra Clare
“Until you came along, I never knew how much I’d been missing. I never knew that a touch could be so meaningful or an expression so eloquent; I never knew that a kiss could literally take my breath awa” MissingExpressionKissingBreathsMeaningfulEloquent Author:Nicholas Sparks
“She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "yes," he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5” IfsNeedsSaidLastsChanceStrangeExpressionPagesBreathsChaptersChances AreDeep BreathLast Chance Author:Holly Black
“We may restrict the expression of worship for a season, just as we may briefly hold our breath, but there is an inward craving for worship that cannot be permanently stilled” MayExpressionWorshipSeasonsBreathsInwardCraving Book:Elements of Worship Source: Elements of Worship