Quotessence
Home / Topics / Coughing Quotes

Coughing Quotes

Browse 55 quotes about Coughing.

Related topics

PeopleSaid

Coughing Quotes

“This moment, this being, is the thing. My life is all life in little. The moon, the planets, pass around my heart. The sun, now hidden by the round bulk of this earth, shines into me, and in me as well. The gods and the angels both good and bad are like the hairs of my own head, seemingly numberless, and growing from within. I people the cosmos from myself, it seems, yet what am I? A puff of dust, or a brief coughing spell, with emptiness and silence to follow.”

PeopleWellsHeartLittlesMomentsSeemsEarthLife IsMy OwnSilenceSunGrowingPlanetsHairMy HeartMoonAngelShiningRoundsDustEmptinessCosmosSpellsGood And BadPuffCoughing
Author:Alexander Eliot
Create image

“One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because Italian people would like to have an opera singer in the family. But she's got trouble coughing, let alone singing. One day, she was in the shower singing 'Madame Butterfly,' three days later the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor.”

PeopleTryingWantedThreeTroubleOne DaySingingDollarsTrainSingersItalianMy SisterOperaButterflyShowersPearlsHarborsOpera SingersCoughing
Author:Pat Cooper
Create image

“I believe in books. And when our people [coughing] - our people of Jerusalem, let's say after the Romans destroyed the temple and the city, all we took is a little book, that's all. Not treasures, we had no treasures. They were ransacked, taken away. But the book - the little book - and this book produced more books, thousands, hundreds of thousands of books, and in the book we found our memory, and our attachment to that memory is what kept us alive.”

PeopleBelieveLittlesBookFoundI BelieveMemoriesCitiesTakenAliveI Believe InTreasureDestroyedTemplesAttachmentOur MemoriesJerusalemCoughing
Author:Elie Wiesel
Create image

“The last time I seen Eazy-E, we were at a meeting at the House of Blues with me, Big Hutch and Jada Pinkett Smith talking about shooting the Kalifornia video. Eazy was coughing real bad at the table and had to be excused a couple of times. EAZY-E never did tell us he was sick bad, but we knew. 2 weeks later, our beloved brother passed. I guess that was Eric's Wright way of saying, don't feel sorry for me, everything will be alright.”

WayFeelsRealBigsLastsHouseTalkingWeekBrotherCoupleSickTablesMeetingsSorryVideoShootingBelovedLast TimeAlrightEricCoughingEverything Will Be AlrightBeloved BrotherEazy E
Author:Kokane
Create image

“They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in the sun. What do you want to do? said the kid. Get a drink of water. Other than that. I dont know. You want to try and head back? To Texas? I don't know where else. We'd never make it. Well you say. I aint got no say. He was coughing again. He held his chest with his good hand and sat as if he'd get his breath. What have you got, a cold? I got consumption. Consumption? He nodded. I come out here for my health.”

IfsKnowsWantTryingWellsSaidHandsKidsWaterSunArmsColdDrinkBreathsSatChestsTexasConsumptionWoundedBack And ForthBenchesCoughing
Book:Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Create image

“When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit. And nearly choked to death. It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me. "Wh...what is this?" I asked, coughing. Viktoria grinned. "Vodka." I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before." "Not Russian vodka." Apparently not.”

FormFireGlassesFinishedSuitsCupsDrankLiquidSprayVodkaCoughing
Book:Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
Create image

“I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”

MenChildrenWarRunningMotherHateHoursLinesCitiesWifeBloodSeaLandI HateDestroyedSurvivorAgonyWoundedExhaustedMudLungsStarvingCoughingLimpingLand And Sea48 Hours
Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Create image

“So you want to know all about me. Who I am. What chance meeting of brush and canvas painted the face you see? What made me despise the girl in the mirror enough to transform her,turn her to into a stranger, only not. So you want to hear the whole story. Why I swerved off the high road, hard left to nowhere, recklessly indifferent to those coughing my dust, picked up speed no limits,no top end, just a high velocity rush to madness.”

KnowsWantMadeEndsHardEnoughWholeStoriesFacesTurnsGirlLeftChanceLimitsMadnessMirrorsMeetingsStrangerSpeedWho I AmDustDespiseIndifferentCanvasBrushesVelocityHigh RoadCoughingChance Meeting
Book:Crank
Create image

“Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought the urge to throttle him. His nose was running, his eyes were red, he couldn't stop coughing, and still he found the energy to act like an arrogant peacock. "I assure you," she said slowly, "that I know how to drive a team of horses.”

KnowsSaidStillsEyeRunningFoundEnergyKnow HowTeamRedLet MeHorseNosesHis EyesReachingUrgesArrogantDisbeliefSophieReinsWagonsPeacockCoughingThrottle
Author:Julia Quinn
Create image

“What should we call him?" Klaus asked. "You should call him Dr. Montgomery," Mr. Poe replied, "unless he tells you to call him Montgomery. Both his first and last names are Montgomery, so it doesn't make much difference." "His name is Montgomery Montgomery?" Klaus said, smiling. "Yes, and I'm sure he's very sensitive about that, so don't ridicule him," Mr. Poe said, coughing again into his handkerchief.”

ShouldFirstsSaidLastsNamesDifferencesSensitiveDrsRidiculeMontgomeryFirsts And LastsHandkerchiefsCoughing
Author:Daniel Handler
Create image

“Wooo!’ he said, slamming his shot glass down and coughing a bit. ‘That’s good stuff.’ I agreed heartily. ‘Shall we do another one?’ I asked. ‘Oh no,’ Jesus said quietly, his eyes growing round. ‘This is one of those situations where I have to stop and ask myself, what would I do?”

SaidEyeAsksJesusStuffBitsSituationGrowingShotsDown AndRoundsGlassesHis EyesCoughingShot Glass
Book:The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted
Create image

“Violet heard the coughing and came running back. She sank down on the bench beside Rose, putting her arm around the older girl and holding a handkerchief to Rose's lips. "What happened?" she asked Galen, her tone just shy of being accusatory. "I am so sorry, Your Highness," Galen said, backing away. "I made her laugh, and–" "You made her laugh?" Violet's eyes widened. "She hasn't laughed in weeks!" She smiled at Galen and gave Rose's shoulders a little squeeze.”

LittlesMadeSaidEyeRunningGirlLaughingHappenedHeardWeekArmsRoseSorryLipsShouldersToneShyLaughedVioletBenchesRunning BackHandkerchiefsCoughingGalenHighnessBacking AwayI Am So Sorry
Author:Jessica Day George
Create image

“Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when Adrian said, "Mmm. O positive, my favorite." Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just drunk and promptly started coughing. I was relieved that none got on me. jill burst into giggles, and Clarence stared at his glass wonderingly. "Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon." "So it is," said Adrian, straight-faced. "My mistake.”

SaidMistakeWineLipsMy FavoriteGlassesDrunkRelievedMy MistakesGiggleKeithCoughingCabernet
Book:Bloodlines
Create image

“What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he launched into the most extraordinary and spectacular fit of coughing which caught Arthur so much by surprise that he started to choke violently, discovered he was already doing it and got thoroughly confused.”

IfsMenMindLittlesSaidFitExcitingSurpriseExtraordinaryCaughtConfusedSpectacularChokeArthurLittle ManCoughing
Book:Life, the Universe and Everything
Create image

“Of all the unchristian beverages that ever passed my lips, Turkish coffee is the worst. The cup is small, it is smeared with grounds; the coffee is black, thick, unsavory of smell, and execrable in taste. The bottom of the cup has a muddy sediment in it half an inch deep. This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour.”

WayBlackHoursHalfWorstProduceTasteBottomLipsSmellCoffeeCupsThroatPortionsThickInchesAggravationTurkishMuddyLodgesBeveragesCoughingTicklingUnchristian
Book:The Innocents Abroad
Create image

“Kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organized; we broke the back of the sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. Those were not benevolent gifts from enlightened management. They were fought for, they were bled for, they were died for by working people, by people like us. Kids ought to know that.”

PeopleKnowsChildrenLittlesCountryStoriesBigsKidsLawSongMinesBrotherHard WorkOughtSingingLaborRootsDiedTownsManagementFruitBrokeOrganizedEnlightenedChild AbuseProtectedOrganizeCoalLungsFuture GenerationRaising ChildrenMillsBenevolentLittle SisterLittle BrotherLawlessnessChild LaborCoughingOrganized LaborDeserve BetterSweatshopsUnderpaidLabor LawsFruit Of Labor
Author:Utah Phillips
Create image

“There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors, dragging strangers up dusty staircases while coughing up one of the most thrilling phrases in the English language: 'It was on this spot…' My fantasy is to one day become a docent.”

PeopleYearsLooksDreamLanguageMy OwnFantasyOne DayStrangerSpendingSpotsPhrasesSunsetSunshineRetirementThrillingEnglish LanguageStaircasesCoughingDocents
Author:Sarah Vowell
Create image