“Well then, "Katsa said. "Of course, we'll operate with the greatest possible secrecy, Bitterblue. And for what it's worth, we'll deny your involvement to our dying breaths, and I'll kill anyone who doesn't." Bann began to laugh into Raffin's shoulder. Smiling, Raffin said sideways to him, "Can you imagine what it would be like to be able to say that and mean it?” WellsMeanSaidWould BeAbleCoursesLaughingImagineDyingBreathsDenyShouldersSecrecyInvolvementSidewaysKatsa Book:Bitterblue Source: Bitterblue
“Appreciation is the breath of life to the creative artist, and in spite of modern conditions, there is enough abroad to sustain him. But his name is now legion; he competes with the dead as well as the living; and the rewards and honours seem attenuated by division.” WellsEnoughSeemsArtistNamesCreativeModernConditionsBreathsRewardsAppreciationSpiteDivisionHonourCreative ArtLegionCreative Artists Author:Walter J. Phillips
“But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.” WellsPersonsFeelingsHandsTogetherCertainSpeakFriendshipKindnessSubjectsComfortBlessingSafeBreathsBlowFoolishFaithfulGrainPouringFriendship MemoriesThat One FriendSiftingEasy Friendship Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem.” WellsMadeNamesSpeakNumbersBreathsInvisibleInvisible Things Author:E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
“Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.” WellsMightBreaths Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals