“Just a little. Just the first faint breath of love... It wasn’t dramatic, like some bolt of lightning with a crack of thunder following. It was more like when flint strikes steel and the spark fades almost too fast for you to see. But still, you know it’s there, down where you can’t see, kindling.” KnowsFirstsLittlesStillsBreathsFollowingStrikesDramaticCracksSparksFadesLightningSteelThunderBoltsKindlingKvothe Book:The Wise Man's Fear Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“What's wrong, little sis? You look upset." She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them. "Cute" He snorted.” LooksLittlesFacesBreathsFingersCuteUpsetJust OneNailsWorthlessPolishCrackedNail PolishSlapping Book:City of Lost Souls Source: City of Lost Souls
“No, they would not be happy to take my place at your side, cara mia, because I would promptly end their lives in a most unhappy way.’ ‘You are such a caveman, Julian. You look tall and elegant and princely, yet you have not matured beyond the cave.’ …’I have no intention of riding above caveman mentality,’ he growled in her ear, his breath teasing tendrils of hair and sending little flames dancing through her bloodstream. ‘There are so many benefits for the caveman.” WayLooksLittlesEndsSidesHairBenefitsEarsBreathsDancingIntentionUnhappyFlamesTallMentalityRidingCavesElegantTeaseYour SideMaturedMia Author:Christine Feehan
“elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.” LittlesHappensTurnsSidesKissingBreathsMake It Happen Book:The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel Source: The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
“The demon's eyes flicked to mine, his smile widening. "This is Nicholas Gregory Sparagmos's room," he said, and my breath caught. "Delightful, just delightful! What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Ooooh, he summoned you to the West Coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you for taking care of that little problem! I should give you a bunny. Where is he? Stuffed in a closet?" ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison” GivingShouldLittlesSaidProblemEyeCareBlackRoomsMagicMinesBreathsWestCaughtDemonClosetsCoastDelightfulSanctionsKimBunniesWest CoastHis SmileBlack MagicAlgaliarept Author:Kim Harrison
“I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do what he wants it to do. And a piano is just a piano. It's made out of so much wood and wires and little hammers and big ones, and ivory. While there's only so much you can do with it, the only way to find this out is to try; to try and make it do everything.” WayWantTryingLittlesMadeBigsCan DoMusicianBreathsInstrumentsWoodsAwfulPianoWireHammersIvory Author:James A. Baldwin
“I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow so it could get back to its travels, with a little bit of me added to it.” LittlesEyeBitsLittle BitBreathsFilledGet BackValleysBreezeDeep Breath Author:Katherine Hannigan
“His dark hair is perfectly recklessly up today, those tanned muscles flexing as he extends out his arms and does his little turn. And here I am, my breath caught between my lungs and my lips as he turns around and scans the crowd. As soon as he spots me, his eyes come alive, as alive as I feel when he smiles at me. He holds my gaze while those dimples flash, and I swear he stares at me in a way that makes me feel that I am the only woman here.” WayFeelsLittlesDoeEyeTodayTurnsDarkAliveHairArmsBreathsLipsCaughtCrowdsSpotsStaringHis EyesMusclesFlashSwearLungsHere I AmDimplesDark HairFlexing Author:Katy Evans
“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.” LifeLittlesRunningDeathNightFunNatureChangeLosesDyingInspirational LifeShadowBreathsWinterIndianGrassNativeSunsetFlashNative AmericanIndigenousMother EarthAmerican IndianAmerican LifeGreat AmericanNative American WisdomBuffaloGreat SpiritNative AmericaFireflyNative American IndianWhat Is LifeGreat Native AmericanIndian WisdomNative WisdomAmerican SpiritNative American Indian InspirationalNative American SpiritualWintertimeBeautiful SunsetCherokeeWinter TimeShadow Of DeathSpiritual IndianNative American ProverbsWhite CloudsIndian TribesCherokee Indian Author:Crowfoot
“Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.” WayLittlesMomentsHappinessGratitudeBreathsSimplicityCheerFlashCheerfulnessLizards Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.” LittlesPeaceWaitingMeditationMountainBirdBreathsSilentForestsPerceiveMountain TopTreetops Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“This day relenting God Hath placed within my hand A wondrous thing; and God Be praised. At His command, Seeking His secret deeds With tears and toiling breath, I find thy cunning seeds, O million-murdering Death. I know this little thing A myriad men will save. O Death, where is thy sting? Thy victory, O Grave? Poem he wrote following the discovery that the malaria parasite was carried by the amopheline mosquito.” KnowsMenLittlesGodHandsSecretMillionsTearsVictoryDiscoveryBreathsSeekingFollowingDeedsSeedsGravesCommandThis DayLittle ThingsCunningWondrousParasitesMosquitoesMalariaToiling Author:Ronald Ross
“You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively. ... You put a piece of paper in the typewriter, or you turn on your computer and bring up the right file. ... You begin rocking, just a little at first, and then like a huge autistic child. ... Then your mental illnesses arrive at the desk like your sickest, most secretive relatives. And they pull up chairs in a semicircle around the computer, and they try to be quiet but you know they are there with their weird coppery breath, leering at you behind your back.” KnowsTryingFirstsChildrenLittlesTurnsBehindsPiecesHugeLike YouQuietPaperComputerBreathsTrainIllnessMental IllnessKicksUnconsciousChairsDesksFilesTurn-onTypewritersAutisticSecretivePull UpsBehind Your BackAutistic Children Author:Anne Lamott