Quotes About Relaxation

The truth is that the only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing. I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in warm gaiety, in the ease of complete relaxation.

They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in the warm gaiety, in the ease of complete relaxation. They were simply four people who liked being there together.

The rest of the day they spent blowing soap bubbles from the veranda.

There are many methods of trance induction, but all seem to function on one or more of four related principles: relaxation, sensory restriction, rhythm, and boredom.

there is nothing like taking deep breaths after laughing that hard.

lectures broke into one's day and were clearly a terrible waste of time, necessary no doubt if you were reading law or medicine or some other vocational subject, but in the case of English, the natural thing to do was talk a lot, listen to music, drink coffee and wine, read books, and go to plays, perhaps be in plays…

If your mind and spirit are directed to your task, everything else will follow. Relax." "But focus," said Hermes. "Relaxation without focus leads to failure." "Focus without relaxation leads to failure just as surely," said Athena. "So concentrate . . ." said Perseus. "Exactly." ". . . but calmly?" "Concentrate calmly. You have it.

Don't go looking for something psychological that isn't there. I have a bath after any kind of strenuous exercise. It doesn't mean I feel dirty," though he did, "it doesn't mean I'm trying to wash you out of my life," though he was, "it doesn't mean guilt, shame, repentance or anything like that," though it did. "It just means I want a bath.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

I'm a slow reader, but I usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, most fiction. I don't read in order to study the craft; I read because I like to read

Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren't prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets.

I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. A sheet on a line.

Hot chocolate in Central Park! What was the Dark Tower compared to that?

Finest kind of dope. Book-Valium. No more heebie-jeebies. No more whim-whams

Every time I complete a major project I reward myself with two full days of just reading and coffee! I do justify that it is my work!

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.

And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.

I love being in bed almost as much as I love food.

In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach, but I love the energy here. I feel very productive when I'm in New York.

I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

I can sleep ANYWHERE! I just love to sleep.