Respite Quotes

52 quotes by 50 authors

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by… — Ambrose Bierce
Our society values alert, problem-solving consciousness, and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production… — Graham Hancock
Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else… — Wayne Swan
Play matters because it gives us a brief respite from the tyranny of apparent purpose. — Jill Vialet
Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darknessâ€¦ — Guillermo del Toro
It is not difficult to understand why the great God of heaven has reserved these special spirits for the final work of the kingdom prior… — Vaughn J Featherstone
It is this subtle dimension of understanding that marks the southwestern Indian peoples from other religions and separates tribal peoples from the world's religions. Somewhere… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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… — William Hague
Iâ€™ve always hated Mondays, the whole lot of them. Too much whiplash, snapping the tired masses to attention. Godâ€™s way, perhaps, of reminding us that… — Jonathan Hull
If love doesnâ€™t triumph, it ought to. For love is the one thing we have that feels more powerful than even death; the only respite… — Jonathan Hull
There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it. — Robert Breault
Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring; Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite… — Thomas Tusser
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books… — Oscar Wilde
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy… — Edgar Allan Poe
Now the same mystery which often veils from our eyes the reason for a catastrophe envelops just as frequently, when love is in question, the… — Marcel Proust
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance? — Colleen McCullough
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… — David Sheff

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