Quotes About Respite

I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.

Sports are what we watch when we just can't look at another spreadsheet. They're what we use when we need to get away from our lives for a little bit. Every human needs the escape, and sports provides this splendidly.

books provided much-needed ballast - something we both craved, amid the chaos and upheaval...

Reading is a respite from the restlessness of technology, but it's not only that. It's how I reset and recharge. It's how I escape, but it's also how I engage. And reading should spur further engagement.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

I knew that were I ever to emerge from my darkness to seek a more excellent way of living...this must be my first step: to choose to forgive. It was a dangerous and desperate step, but how I yearned for the respite it could afford - if indeed there were any respite to be had. p 233

God has raised his hand to give us respite. It could be he has something more in mind for us. With this time on our hands, we should try to figure out what it could be. Because HE don't do pointless acts of charity.

holidays took the poisons out of everyday life.

One of the main uses of a home is to stay in it, when one is too weak and spiritless for conforming, without effort, to the ways of other houses.

When people's brains stop working, just go somewhere else." (Death of a Doxie)

Personally, I could do without prophecies or quests for awhile.

At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There is no similar relief for parents or children or husbands or wives or others who love them.

At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There is no similar relief for parents or children or husbands or wives or others who love them. Nic

Safe for now," Nat murmured. That had been another of the Shepherdess's dicta. Whenever you were safe, even if it was for a short time, it was important to give yourself a chance to exhale, to take nourishment and rest and live to fight again.

I took a couple of deep breaths, my heart finally setting back into my chase.

I'm pretty much done with political commentary. I've said everything I could possibly say. I've been a big mouth for long enough.

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'

I used to not be as good at taking time off and hanging the clubs up.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?

Life can be so difficult, and stories help us escape those difficulties. It's all right to lose yourself in one