Respite Quotes

52 quotes by 48 authors

I liked books - the respite and privacy of them - books about plants and the formation of ice and the business of world wars.… — Tim Winton
The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride… — Megan Whalen Turner
Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude. — Andre Maurois
For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life… — Albert Camus
It is what we see when we imagine what the afterlife must be like: our happiest triumphs, our most sincere moments, stolen from the seam… — Joe Meno
- and how time flies! What, has it already been twenty years, already forty years that we are together? Why, how terrible! We haven't yet… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings. — Danielle Steel
Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another--which is not to say that we should… — Alain de Botton
We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic. — Cullen Hightower
I like that they call it an airplane cabin. A cabin is where you go to get away from stress. The cabin is a respite… — Regina Brett
I'm truly thankful that Life's blows knocked me off the Ivory Tower that so comfortably afforded me the luxury of looking down upon and judging… — Unknown Author
I only know that a rook Ordering its black feathers can so shine As to seize me senses, haul My eyelids up, and grant A… — Sylvia Plath

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