Relief Quotes - Page 39

• A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Gun, Fire, Use

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• It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. It takes off a lot of anxiety.

  George Orwell

  Dog, Knowing, Anxiety

  George Orwell (2012). “Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

  George Eliot

  Missing, Dresses, Kind

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch”, p.6, Booklassic

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• When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.

  Nhat Hanh

  Anger, Suffering, Trying

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.55, Penguin

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• Trees're always a relief, after people.

  David Mitchell

  People, Tree, Alienation

  David Mitchell (2008). “Black Swan Green”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• Whatever's there to feel, feel it—the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence.

  Thomas Lynch

  Silence, Tears, Done

  "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade".

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• There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief.

  Graham Greene

  Glasses, Alcohol, Understanding

  Graham Greene (1973). “The Portable Graham Greene”

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• I'd love to, she finally said,"on one condition." I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something too awful. "Yes?" "You have to promise that you won't fall in love with me." I knew she was kidding me by the way she laughed, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Sometimes, I had to admit, Jamie had a pretty good sense of humor. I smiled and gave her my word.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Falling In Love, Sigh Of Relief, Promise

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “A Walk To Remember”, p.23, Hachette UK

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• Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Literature, Realizing, Humans

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• I prayed hard and only gradually became aware that this fierce praying was a way of finding prologue and entrance into my own writing. This came as both astonishment and relief. When I thought God had abandoned me, I discovered that He had simply given me a different voice to praise the inexhaustible beauty of the made world.

  Pat Conroy

  Writing, Voice, World

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• The best thing—in Shadow's opinion, perhaps the only good thing—about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd plunged as low as he could plunge and he'd hit bottom. He didn't worry that the man was going to get him, because the man had got him. He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it.

  Neil Gaiman

  Men, Yesterday, Worry

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• Suppressing his relief, Valek asked, “Can you please tell this Lieutenant who he has arrested?” “Can do,” Janco said with a smile. “Lieutenant Darren, let me be the first to congratulate you on capturing the elusive and legendary Kelav. He’s been wanted in Ixia for years on multiple counts of espionage.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Years, Firsts, Legendary

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• The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.

  Russell Brand

  Pain, Addiction, Priorities

  "Amy Winehouse's Death: Russell Brand Pens Appreciation For the Late Singer" by Jane Kellogg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 24, 2011.

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• Because the development of inner calm and energy happens completely within and isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Beautiful, Meditation, Independence

  "Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation - A 28-Day Program". Book by Sharon Salzberg, June, 2011.

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• I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always outside of us. (…) we would stop looking for Sheitan outside and instead focus on ourselves. What we need is sincere self-examination. Not being on the watch for the faults of others.” (p. 257).

  Elif Safak

  Mean, Thinking, Self

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• No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would never have withdrawn as far as we have from the natural—so far and for such a time that it is a relief to say what we have been trying with our all not to say: We have long since been denizens of the natural world. Everywhere around us are natural habitats, but within us is the shiver of startling and dreadful things. Simply put: We are not from here. If we vanished tomorrow, no organism on this planet would miss us. Nothing in nature needs us.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Long, Missing, Trying

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• Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families need some relief from government surveillance and intimidation if original expressions belonging to THEM are to develop. Without these freedom has no meaning.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, Thinking, Government

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• When I was diagnosed with swine flu, it was a big relief that Young Saeng was with me. When everyone wouldn't eat with me, Young Saeng was the only one who ate stuff like curry with me.

  Kim Hyun-joong

  Flu, Stuff, Young

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• We are aware that many national farm organizations are putting forth various plans to provide both short- and long-term relief to our nation's agricultural producers. While we believe long-term solutions are essential, the current situation demands a more immediate response.

  Mel Carnahan

  Believe, Organization, Agriculture

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• Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.

  Campbell Scott

  Book, Waiting, Trying

  "PROCESS: Tom Gilroy and Campbell Scott on Acting, Directing and Details, Part I". Interview with Tom Gilroy, www.indiewire.com. December 19, 2001.

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• But enough is enough. One turns at last even from glory itself with a sigh of relief. From the depths of mystery, and even from the heights of splendor, we bounce back and hurry for the latitudes of home.

  Annie Dillard

  Home, Sigh Of Relief, Height

  Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.21, Canongate Books

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• The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.

  Francis Aveling

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

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• That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end.

  Eric Avery

  Regret, Addiction, Ends

  Eric Avery @ericavery, twitter.com. March 1, 2010.

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• With an endless assortment of children and animals living under one roof, there was always some absurd crisis that gave comic relief to my problems.

  Sally Jessy Raphael

  Children, Animal, Problem

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• No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Exercise, Made, Faculty

  Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.86, Courier Corporation

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