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Quotes About Tapering

I do not enjoy being away from Richmond, my friends of a lifetime, and my home... I do not enjoy working 6 days a week and almost every night at a time when I had planned to be tapering off. There are compensations which appeal to any lawyer who is proud of his profession. The Supreme Court is an awesome place.
~ Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Alprazolam seems to be particularly associated with an immediate and severe withdrawal syndrome and should be tapered gradually.
~ Benjamin James Sadock
The dosage range of carbamazepine used to facilitate withdrawal is 400 to 500 mg a day. Some clinicians report particular difficulty in tapering and discontinuing alprazolam, especially in persons who have been receiving high dosages for long periods. There have been reports of successful discontinuation of alprazolam by switching to clonazepam, which is then gradually withdrawn.
~ Benjamin James Sadock
Doctor Prunesquallor was running a long tapering finger up and down a stalactite of wax and smiling horribly.
~ Mervyn Peake
Might huv ehs ma's brains, cause ay his heid taperin backwards intae a point like a fuckin alien.
~ Irvine Welsh
The longest day of sunlight...comes at the beginning of Summer rather than in its midst. In consequence, all Summer long we are inclining towards Summer's end instead of building to a climax and then tapering off.
~ Hal Borland
She looked lost, abandoned, out of place, and my heart went out to her as my eyes travelled from her shapely lines and graceful sheer, to her lofty spars, tapering yards, and curving jibboom, the end of the latter almost touching the stern rail of an ugly bloated-looking German tramp steamer of 8,000 tons.
~ Unknown
The emerging economies, many of them are concerned. They didn't want the money to slosh in. They are afraid when the money sloshes out, but the tapering has to take place, and we have to be able to manage it.
~ Lee Hsien Loong