Quotes About Tension

David said to Saul, "Sorry, my lord. Forgive my incompetence." He began to play the coronation psalm he had played for Jonathan on the hillside. Its effect on Saul was immediate. A peace came over him. The whisperer went away. His tension released and his nervous twitching and ticks vanished. It seemed as if his mind all of a sudden became clear and he could even see more clearly with his eyes. It was like a fog had been lifted from over his mind.

Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.

were all wired to come come unwound.

Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.

They were both sweating freely.

Violence was regarded as an acceptable solution to many problems which would never have originated had violence not been in the air in the first place.

Survival is important, but even so, I'm still thinking about that almost-kiss as I head off to my room.

There's nothing as quiet as that moment before one person is about to tell another something neither of them wants to hear.

Time becomes very weird. Sometimes it seems as if the hours are rushing by in a blur, the moment of performance hurtling toward me. Other times the clock seems to poke along like a sloth with chronic fatigue syndrome.

feel like they are jumping out of their skin

Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.

Sideways force can be broken though by straight force. Straight force can be stopped by sideways force.

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.

Guys who were all Papa Docs and Step-pin' Razors and Whippin' Sticks.

Life, and intelligence, do not mix very well.

Hands up! Hands up! Everybody on the floor!" The effect was akin to three wild-eyed berserkers storming a prayer meeting.

BLOODY BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN.

As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards the sperm whale's head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained her even keel; though sorely strained, you may well believe. So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight.

Oaths, blasphemies, and one recurring four-letter word filled the air like fog.

we're probably sitting on Ground Zero, right here at this table, for h-Bomb number ! table was at 57th Street and 7th Avenue NYC

Stress can make people say things they don't mean, though. That's why you have to relax.

i didn't see anyone! she said. who were you shooting at? what happened? there was a long silence. the men looked at each other. then clellan spoke, a little tentatively. he's very fast.

Customers at a marathon do not have to be prepared for their excitement. When anything happens they get excited all at once. In that respect a marathon dance is like a bullfight.

Non- Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange background of multi-dimensional reality behind the ghoulish hints of Gothic tales and the wild whispers of the chimney-corner, one can hardly expect to be wholly free from mental tension. (Dreams In The Witch-House)