Quotes About Pause

Solitude is not a port to drop anchor, but only a port to rest for a while!

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

The real work of relationships is not occasional, or even daily: it is minute-to-minute. In this triggered moment right now, which path am I going to take? Rather than being overridden by your history, you can stop, pause, and choose.

Resist the beginnings! Nay were resistance unadvisable, even dangerous, yet surely pause is very natural: pause, with Twenty-five Millions behind you, may become resistance enough.

no moment was his sense of the complete suspension and pause in ordinary human concerns so full and affecting, as at that moment when the suspension ceases, and the goings-on of human life are suddenly resumed.

Sometimes the body just needs to take a break, and you need to listen.

I think everyone needs to take a few breaks.

Teaching has made me realize that a lot of my fast playing is the musical equivalent of, 'Umm... umm... uhh...' - it's like when you're trying to think of the next thing to say that actually has meaning, you fill space. 'Umm' has about the same meaning as my fast playing.

I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another.

in particular, all the work of it gave her a short respite

He paused by Theo's door, knocked with his free hand. Get lost, creep. David looked down at Maddy. I assume he means you. He

Give me attention. Flash. Give me adoration. Flash. Give me a break. Flash

With all of the seats empty, you could pretend everyone's just gone to the bathroom.

Use attribution to control the delivery of dialogue, creating the sort of dramatic pause an actor would insert. Otherwise, the reader will race through a line without realizing how it ought to be weighted.

With all the seats empty, you could pretend everyone's just gone to the bathroom.

It isnt for want of something to say-- something to tell you-- something you should know-- but to detain you-- keep you from going-- feeling myself here as long as you are-- as long as you are

The club safeword phrase is red light. Basic, but universally understood. If you feel unable to speak, you may open and close your right hand, again a universal distress sign. You may use the safeword if absolutely necessary. Of course, all action ceases at that moment.

Music is the space between the notes.

Kate grasped her small handbag and pulled a small blue vial and threw it into the grinding mass. It shattered harmlessly, causing two creatures to pause with a look of confusion. What is that potion? Simon asked. Kate stared as the two undead things began to shuffle forward again. She glanced into her purse. Damn it! That was my perfume.

The liberty that the free world had enjoyed over the last century was nothing more than an anomaly. A momentary pause between the priests and nobles of antiquity and the politicians and billionaires of the new age. A momentary pause that was coming to its end.

Life stand still here.

The wave paused, and then drew out again, sighing like a sleeper whose breath comes and goes unconsciously.

the white spaces that lie between hour and hour

No temas más, dice el corazón, confiando su carga a algún mar que suspira colectivamente por todas las penas, un mar que se renueva, que comienza a moverse, que se detiene y cae.