“I was being cured of soldiering on endlessly: my job was now to be still, which had become almost easy at last.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
But if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Convalescence is a sort of grown-up rebirth, enabling us to see life with a fresh eye. — Margaret Prescott Montague Copy Share Image
For [D.H.] Lawrence, existence was one continuous convalescence; it was as though he were newly reborn from a mortal illness every day… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks! — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The free spirit again draws near to life - slowly, to be sure, almost reluctantly, almost mistrustfully. It again grows warmer about… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“By out-talking or bad-mouthing people, some get hoisted by their own petard, ultimately. When their sense of shame makes them crawl back… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Convalescence. Such an utter weakness that you lie like an animal hibernating, playing possum. You float. You are adrift. Every current is… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Christianity is fundamentally convalescence.. .God is not only the doctor who prescribes, He is the nurse who lifts up our powerless head… — John Piper Copy Share Image
A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to… — Robert Smithson Copy Share Image
For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of… — Nana Mouskouri Copy Share Image