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Breath and brevity are sisters; the long-winded is an enemy who muffles your heartbeat.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Long, Enemy, Heartbeat
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
Breath and brevity are sisters; the long-winded is an enemy who muffles your heartbeat.