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Quotes About Pause

No fire at all.
~ Holly Black
long moment. Ben raised his eyebrows.
~ Holly Black
Let's stop here,' Tiernan says, and Oak collapses gratefully into the snow. 'Wren has suggested we change clothes.' 'I do appreciate your commitment to use looking our best,' says the prince.
~ Holly Black
If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.
~ Honore de Balzac
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
~ Honore de Balzac
Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath.
~ Lewis Thomas
Coffee! No, wait, tea!" A decision like this one would give
~ Liane Moriarty
The determination that is his biggest strength . . . is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthinking machine, he'll just keep shoving, not realizing a step back, a one-night pause, could let some obstacle move out of the way and smooth his path.
~ Unknown
Do not feel guilty for needing a break. Even if we want to do it all, we humans aren't made for non-stop work. If stress, exhaustion, or overwhelm are tempting you to round-file your Plan for good, rest until you're ready again and then get back to
~ Unknown
But there is something to say for a forced sabbatical from social media and the rush of life.
~ Unknown
And then, just
~ Lisa Jewell
She presses send and then exhales and rests the phone on her lap.
~ Lisa Jewell
West paused. "My God, I can feel sincerity rising in my chest like a digestive disorder. I have to stop.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Il faudrait si peu pour que le disque s'arrête...
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
And then, maybe oddest of all, she leaned back slightly from our embrace and said, "You didn't forget that this weekend is the big summer camping trip? With Cody and the Cub Scouts?" I hadn't actually forgotten—but I also hadn't remembered it in the context of playing out a dramatic scene of domestic anguish, and I had to pause for just a second to catch up with her. "No," I said at last. "I didn't forget.
~ Jeff Lindsay
I encourage everyone who works with children to remember to occasionally pause and try to think like a child. I think you'll be glad you did.
~ Unknown
stop for a drink, which made him feel
~ Jeffrey Archer
Still point of the turning world.
~ Jeffrey Eugenides
and World Cuisine educations are on temporary hold since I'm on my way to
~ Jen Lancaster
It was as if real life had been canceled for the day.
~ Jennifer Weiner
on noon at Friday
~ Jennifer Weiner
Chance waited patiently until she stopped.
~ Jerzy Kosi?ski
Well, here's something you should know: heroes are willing to pause their own lives to help you.
~ Jess Lourey
They must have stopped the world. They just must have.
~ Jessica Park