Children Quote by Alan Dean Foster

“In his life he'd passed through long periods of gratefulness and good cheer, but he'd scarcely even imagined this level of thorough contentment with…

— Chad Harbach

“It also has to do with my profession. In my profession, true relaxation is a necessity.”

— Herman Koch

“Relaxing is hard to do at times. Worrying and agitation are even harder on the body and mind.”

— Art Hochberg

“In particular, he named three kinds of troubles that could beset a person with a nervous temperament: poor weather, isolation or idleness, and stressful…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

“I was overwhelmed by an undefinable sensation, too serene to be called anxiety, but unpleasant enough not to go unnoticed.”

— Guadalupe Nettel

“What seemed delicacy in him was usually a way of avoiding trouble; what seemed like sympathy was the instinct to prevent trouble before it…

— Penelope Fitzgerald

“I couldn't relax unless I was doing something at the same time”

— Heather Wardell

“[he] had learned how to force his mood, to keep himself in the middle ground, neither manic nor hopeless. He seemed a bit lighter…

— John Brandon

“Now it occurred to him the changes of mental state that might be important were just such minor things as this abnormal irritability. Not…

— Don Berry

“He cared little for commonly experienced emotions, for everyday associations of ideas, now that the closing of his mind had grown more pronounced, and…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

“It was clear from talking to them, that what kept them motivated was the quality of the experience they felt when they were involved…

— Steven Kotler

“What was difficult to deal with was his permanent anxiety: when we were little, he was afraid we’d go and play outside or wander…

— Benoît Peeters