Quotes About Pausing

A man naturally given to action, Jean-Guy had come late to the value of pausing. "It is solved by walking," Gamache had often said. In the middle of a stressful case, the Chief would leave his office, and instead of doing something, he'd go for a walk.

One reason for pausing is that young babies make a lot of movement and noise while they're sleeping. This is normal and fine. If parents rush in and pick the baby up every time he makes a peep, they'll sometimes wake him up.

I realize that i've seen French mothers and nannies pausing exactly this little bit before tending to their babies during the day. It hadn't occurred to me that this was deliberate or that it was at all significant.