Quotes About Respite

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

was also a safe haven for lazy stoners who wanted a break from life. Think summer camp with cushier accommodations

I need a girl night. And you . . ." She divided a look between them. "You two need a cooling-off period." She shoved a brownie in Cam's hand, then pushed him over the threshold and shut the door in his face. "There. I thought he'd never leave.

Some say men continually war against circumstances, but I say they perpetually flee. What are the works of men if not a momentary respite, a hiding place soon to be discovered by catastrophe? Life is endless flight before the hunter we call the world. —EKYANNUS VIII, 111 APHORISMS Spring

One of the most valuable services that hospice care offers is respite from the continual burden of care for the family member or members looking after a dying person. A hospice may be able to provide someone for several days, nights, or a week, to enable a stressed-out caregiver to take a break.

It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important. I could see, perhaps, how one could draw back a little, seek some respite in the contemplation of an endless Being, whatever one conceived its nature to be.

It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happening of a given moment became less important. I could see, perhaps, how one could draw back a little, seek some respite in the contemplation of an endless Being, whatever one conceived its nature to be.

Over the years I've had people tell me that they come to my show to escape.

Basketball is such an escape from a lot of things.

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go But under a tall tree will I lie And let the clouds go sailing by

Your normal state is hypervigilance. That's your baseline. What is not familiar to you is any kind of respite. If you catch yourself relaxing even for one moment, you always try to find some way to fuck it up.

Fate, bad luck, probability—any of those seemed like a welcome respite from a dismal diagnosis. Now when her computer crashed or a pipe burst in the kitchen, she'd say, It's just one of those things. The phrase made her smile. It could work both ways, she decided. How many times do good things inexplicably come our way too?

There were others, such as Jack London,who offered their readers such a respite from the miserable horror of existence that their books were like gifts from the gods. (Character of Tristan Sadler in the Absolutist)

Sometimes the only way to catch your breath is to lose it completely.

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

I've been blessed for 17 years to have a job where I make people forget their problems for a little while.

There will be another betrothal, another Mathilda. You speak of only a respite, and my heart can take just so many such partings before it breaks forever. You are proof enough that each of us lives several lives before we perish. There is wisdom in accepting when one ends and another begins. i love you, Addis. I always will. But there is no place for me in the life you have now.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break.

but in our minds these stories remind us that we are always waiting, and remind us of what we are waiting for — a respite, a touch of grace, something simple that starts us wondering. I am reminded of Oliver Goldsmith, who said, two hundred years ago, "Innocently to amuse the imagination in this dream of life is wisdom.

emotional state, or need for respite?

We buy time where we may." "You bought yourself time," Oi agreed. "I don't think it's of very good quality.

Honestly I think all of us teenagers should just have a little break from the craziness we call life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.