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Quotes About Relaxation

Let sleeping dogs lie—who wants to rouse 'em?
~ Charles Dickens
They don't mind it; it's a regular holiday to them—all porter and skittles.
~ Charles Dickens
Yes. I'm going to take a holiday. More than that; I'm going to take a walk. More than that; I'm going to ask you to take a walk with me.
~ Charles Dickens
Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.
~ Charles Dudley Warner
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.
~ Charles Dudley Warner
Maintaining focus on the breath cannot happen through forcing, but only through allowing. In fact, it is extremely easy; our habit of making things hard is what gets in the way.
~ Charles Eisenstein
There's nothing wrong with me that a little ice cream won't fix.
~ Author Unknown
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code.
~ Dan Salomon, unverified
Take a music-bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stitch your stress away.
~ Author Unknown
Tomorrow will come They'll go back to their chore... But tonight they've forgotten their feet are so sore. And that's what the wonderful night time is for.
~ Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book, 1962
I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink and there are no telephones on my golf cart.
~ Brent Musburger
...we must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie... It casts out stress as the heat of the hand repels quicksilver... Keep you your precious vapors, your fantods, your anxiety. Give me a pie. Give me a pie anyday.
~ David Mamet, Boston Marriage
Give an American a newspaper and a pie and he will make himself comfortable anywhere.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Bedtime reading is a doorway to dreams.
~ Terri Guillemets
Books at bedtime, most enchanting Half-asleep, dipping our cozy feet Into fantasy and dreams so sweet.
~ Terri Guillemets
Reading in bed jumpstarts dreams.
~ Terri Guillemets
I'm retired — goodbye tension, hello pension!
~ Author Unknown
Retirement: World's longest coffee break.
~ Author Unknown
The money's no better in retirement but the hours are!
~ Terri Guillemets
It's Saturday — should I just sit down and do nothing or lay down and do nothing?
~ Internet meme
Skipping gives the adult a well-deserved break and lets the inner child be in charge for a while.
~ Terri Guillemets
May sleep envelop you as a bed sheet floating gently down, tickling your skin and removing every worry. Reminding you to consider only this moment.
~ Jeb Dickerson, @JebDickerson
I had napped... earlier — dropping into a dreamless void as soon as the adrenaline left my system...
~ Abby Geni, The Wildlands, 2018