Remember to breathe, damnit!
Books where someone, at some point, lets out a breath they didn’t know they were holding. I fully intend to update this every time I come across this line, but let me know which ones are missing in the comments!
created by kathytrithardt
last updated May, 2026
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99% sure the first Zodiac Academy book 'the Awakening' is another culprit, potentially more than once 😂
LOL you are doing god's work I don't know which god it is, probably Momos :D
Ahahahaha, I just remember reading it a few times recently, and then remembered I could keep track for the good of us all lol
omg i’m going crazy bc i KNOW one of my recent reads had this line and i can’t remember which!! this is such a fun list tho omg i’ll come back if i can finally remember
Same here! I know it came up recently but cannot say for sure where, so I'm just going to have to moderate this running list. Feel free to pop by any time you find one!
will do! 🫡
Oh this is perfect, especially as I just read Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and it had a line that essentially was the same thing
If you haven't, there's "Dreadful" by Caitlin Rozakis. The work defo have the "I release the breath I didn't know I was holding" word for word!
Thank you! I read that one before making the list, so didn't make note of that at the time. Added!
