When our eyes met, I felt your intake of breath. I knew then I wasn't alone in my feelings. You were trying to hold on to normalcy as much as me. But baby, what we felt was anything but normal. The damn planet stopped moving... and it didn't start up again until you reached out and touched me. Alfa H
About This Quote

The saying, "I felt your intake of breath," is a metaphor for the feeling of the world stopping, or a feeling of loss. In this situation, a girl and a boy are walking in the park when they meet. The boy loves the girl but knows that this love is forbidden. Both their parents have arranged marriages with people who are from different families and they may never see each other again. In this situation, their only escape is to hold on to this moment in time.

Source: Abandoned Breaths

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