Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

Fears and lies intensify consciousness.

— Mason Cooley

We are all under sentence of death, but with a sort of indefinite reprieve.

— Victor Hugo

In psychiatry there is a certain condition known as delusion of reprieve. The condemned man, immediately before his execution, gets the illusion that he…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Sometimes, when you are worn down, day after day, relentlessly, with no reprieve for years piled on years, sometimes you lose everything but the…

— Leila Sales

Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.

— Euripides

Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.

— Simone de Beauvoir

This lie of a life can as quickly as it came dissolve. We seek only reprieve and welcome the darkness. The myth of a…

— Lamb Of God

“Deterence is only a stay of execution, not a reprieve.”

— Jonathan Schell

Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life…

— John Templeton

Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

“It’s ok, I get it,” I said, offering him the reprieve he needed. “Maybe I’ll see you around.” “Yeah, maybe,” he said and hung…

— Caleb Pinkerton

“Set yourself a goal so difficult that death will seem like a welcome reprieve.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“For myself the delay may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain little credit…

— George Washington

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.

— Phil Gramm

Probably my eating disorder [is the hardest obstacle]. It ruled my life for years, and I didn't know how I could live with it…

— Ashley Rickards