“Real life oppressed me with its novelty so much that I could hardly breathe.”

“I am just a refugee from the long slow toothache of English life. It is terrible to love life so much you can hardly breathe!”

“Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.”

“None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?”

“I’m scared because I love you so much sometimes it’s hard to breathe.”

“I remember a man throwing me in the air when I was very little. He stands as tall as the sky, and he throws me up so high it feels as though I'm flying. We're both laughing, laughing so much that I could hardly catch a breath, and finally I laugh so hard I wet myself, but that only makes him laugh the louder. I was never afraid when he was throwing me. I knew that he would always be there to catch me.”