. . . breathing slowly and rubbing his palm against his chest as if to soothe his heart.
– Hanya Yanagihara
Related Quotes:
- That morning he feels fresh-scrubbed and cleansed, as if he is being given yet another opportunity to live his life correctly. – Hanya Yanagihara
- What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier. – Hanya Yanagihara
- And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him. – Hanya Yanagihara
- He will be someone who is defined, first and always, by what he is missing. – Hanya Yanagihara
- He will be someone who is defined, first and always, by what he is missing. – Hanya Yanagihara
- It’s a good story,’ he said. He even grinned at me. ‘I’ll tell you.”Please,’ I said.And then he did. – Hanya Yanagihara
- He had never done it before, and so he had no real understanding of how slow, and sad, and difficult it was to end a friendship. – Hanya Yanagihara
- I didn’t intend the book as anything therapeutic and I don’t think that’s a novel’s goal or responsibility. – Hanya Yanagihara
- Thank god he wasn’t a writer, or he’d have nothing to write about. – Hanya Yanagihara
- Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father’s pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart. – Dennis Lehane
- The man stood alone by the hive. On impulse he put his palm against the wood, as if feeling for a pulse. – Laline Paull
- She did not arrive at Annandale without taking the chisel to herself more than once, without rubbing up against a few boys to smooth an edge or two. – Thomm Quackenbush
- He put his fist against his chest. -œBurn, Maddygirl,- he said. Then he turned and left her in the flickering gloom and thunder. – Laura Kinsale
- Put me down.--œNope.- He held her snuggled to his bare chest, tipping her up so he could rub his cheek against hers. -œI like carrying you. – Cherise Sinclair
- His hand reached up to his chest and rubbed at the area over his heart as if it hurt him. – Sylvia Day
- The earth’s orbit didn’t slow down. The world didn’t stop falling. Slowly, very, very slowly, Michael started to sink to his knees. – BR Collins
- What do you say when you feel your life is taken right from your chest, even though I miraculously find myself still breathing? – Jason F Wright
- Under her palm, his heart beat strong and sure. It was such a human sound, so honest, so real. – Nalini Singh
- She turned his hand over, tracing letters into his palm. I-¦L.O.V.E-¦Y.O.U-¦ – Danika Stone
- I’m sorry, my lady,- said Geric, rubbing his arm. -œBut I failed to force an apology out of the offending goose. – Shannon Hale
- Read! It is as important as breathing until you are breathing. – Hira Shahid Kazim
- When asked, ‘What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?’ I ask, ‘What is more important: breathing in or breathing out? – Russ Scalzo
- Everyone breathing is broken. Keep breathing light into them until the stained glass collage takes your breath away. – Ryan Lilly
- Your birth is existence breathing out. Your life is the conversation with a message. Your death is existence breathing in. – Franklin Gillette
- Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event. – Cyndi Lee
- I often want to drink a cup of moonlight so that I may calm my heart and soothe my mind. – Debasish Mridha
- Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless. – Ellen Hopkins
- Sometimes all we need to soothe our soul and ease our burdens is the loving hand of a friend gently touching our heart and lifting us towards love – Mimi Novic
- She was smooth and beautiful under his rough, callused hands-an amorous balm to soothe the ugliness of war. – Madeline Martin
- He wanted to stay there forever, letting her soothe him, pretending he was just a kid and his mom could make everything okay. – Suzanne Collins
- Her eyes reversed into herself, to watch the secret heart of herself pounding itself into pieces against the side of her chest. – Ray Bradbury
- I feel his body pressed against mine. His heat burns against my flesh; searing, seducing. Permanently making it his. – AR Von
- He wondered what his heart would look like if he could pluck it from his chest and inspect it. – David Estes
- Anytime his gaze fell upon her, it was always the same. That awful chest pain, so relentless it was like his heart exploded. – Allie Burke
- Our relationship was toxic. He was slowly poisoning me. I was slowly poisoning him. – Rachel Higginson
- The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment. – Tony Samara
- And slowly, infinitely slowly, he began to trust. Not the sea, from from it; no one should make that mistake! – Nina George
- True progress happens slowly, unnoticeable, like a flower blooms slowly and silently. – Debasish Mridha
- The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly. – John Patrick Hickey
- O snailClimb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly! – Kobayashi Issa