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• She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said. "Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats." Anaesthesia looked relieved. "Thigh?" she asked, "or breast?

  Neil Gaiman

  Cat, Said, Anaesthesia

  Neil Gaiman (2010). “Neverwhere”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released, but householders entertain no desire to be relieved from the ties of family. When a man's passion is aroused nothing prevents him from ruining himself. Even into the jaws of a tiger will he jump. Those who are thus drowned in the filth of passion are called the ignorant. Those who are able to overcome it are saintly Arhats.

  Gautama Buddha

  Passion, Men, Ties

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• Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life.

  Nicole Kidman

  Believe, Years, Long

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from May 14, 2013

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• I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

  Neil Gaiman

  Want, Publish, Written

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• Who's with her?" Roarke asked, though he already knew. It was just like her. "With her? Oh, ah, hmmm. Webster." Silence fell, a clatter of broken bricks. Peabody folded her hands in her pockets and prepared for the explosion to follow. "I see." When Roarke simply turned back to the screen and continued, she didn't know whether to be relieved or scared to death.

  Nora Roberts

  Hands, Broken, Silence

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb THE IN DEATH COLLECTION”, p.244, Penguin

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• Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when Adrian said, "Mmm. O positive, my favorite." Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just drunk and promptly started coughing. I was relieved that none got on me. jill burst into giggles, and Clarence stared at his glass wonderingly. "Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon." "So it is," said Adrian, straight-faced. "My mistake.

  Richelle Mead

  Mistake, Wine, Glasses

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.113, Penguin

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• You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may be that you choose to describe your longing, means simply the wish to be relieved of your so-called personality. That is the prison where you lie.

  Hermann Hesse

  Lying, Mean, Reality

  Hermann Hesse (2013). “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.176, Macmillan

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• Relieved because what I dreaded most in the whole world was going to happen and I wouldn’t have to live with it anymore—the fear. There is the relief of finally not being alone and the relief of being alone when no one can take anything away from you. Here she was, my beautiful fear. Shiny as crystal lace frost.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Beautiful, Relief, Frost

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• Don't believe stories which you see in the papers about troops asking as a special privilege not to be relieved. We stick it, at all costs if necessary, as long as ordered, but everyone's glad to hand over to someone else. And anyone who says he enjoys this kind of thing is either a liar or a madman.

  Harry Yoxall

  War, Liars, Believe

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• I was bitterly resentful, but somehow greatly relieved. And I respected him enormously for his clarity of thought, his obvious caring, and his unwillingness to equivocate in delivering bad news.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Caring, News, Clarity

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.56, Pan Macmillan

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• Leo and Soledad simultaneously gave out a sort of half laugh, half snort. It was loud, and it was relieved, and it broke the tension and caused Pierre to bark again, indignantly. All of which meant that neither of them heard it when Zach turned to Lucy in that same second and whispered: There's something else you need to know. I'm not just your friend. I am completely in love with you.

  Nancy Werlin

  Love You, Laughing, Half

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• I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits.

  Paul Theroux

  Thinking, Dedication, Serious

  Paul Theroux (2008). “Ghost train to the eastern star: on the tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar”

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• Your only real choices are to open fully and receive their gifts or crucify them and be relieved of their force...But you must be willing to feel your heart's terrors and wounds or else you will close and protect yourself, striking back at the source of openness you most yearn to become.

  David Deida

  Real, Heart, Choices

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• I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact I felt I had to make such a world probably means that I’m a weak person, that I bruise easily, don’t you think? And in the eyes of society at large, that world of mine is a puny little thing. It’s like a cardboard house: a puff of wind might carry it off somewhere.

  Haruki Murakami

  Eye, Mean, Thinking

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• The hardest lesson is Clare’s solitude. Sometimes I come home and Clare seems kind of irritated; I’ve interrupted some train of thought, broken into the dreary silence of her day. Sometimes I see an expression on Clare’s face that is like a closed door. She has gone inside the room of her mind and is sitting there knitting or something. I’ve discovered that Clare likes to be alone. But when I return from time traveling she is always relieved to see me.

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Home, Train Of Thought, Knitting

  "The Time Traveller’s Wife". Book by Audrey Niffenegger, 2003.

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• She read it again. It was fascinating and surreal, like reading a diary that had been hers when she was a teenager, secret and heartfelt words written by a girl she only vaguely remembered. She wished she'd written more. Her words mad her feel sad and proud, powerful and relieved." p 272

  Lisa Genova

  Girl, Powerful, Teenager

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

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• The witch's hair was too short and too dark for blond. She wasn't sure if that relieved her or disturbed her. Riley had immediately begun his interrogation, and it had gone something like this: Riley: Where is the meeting between your kind and Aden Stone supposed to take place? Witch: Go suck yourself. Riley: Maybe later. Meeting? Witch: Enjoy death. Riley: I have once already. Now, decide to talk or lose a body part. Witch: May I recommend a finger? Riley: Sure. After I take one of your very necessary hands.

  Gena Showalter

  Dark, Hair, Hands

  Gena Showalter (2017). “Unraveled”, p.118, Harlequin

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• (Talks about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)"She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom was always stuck sitting backstage somewhere or sitting in a front row, watching a performance her entire childhood. She thought that when her mom stopped performing she was relieved of those duties, but all I wanted to do was sing, ever since I was born, so she's always been backstage.

  Taylor Swift

  Mom, Stars, Growing Up

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• I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32.

  Julie Delpy

  Real, Awful, Nightmare

  "Before Sunset". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• What happened when you woke up?" "I was having a dream. I don’t know what it was, but when I woke up, I had this awful realization that I was awake. It hit me like a brick in the groin." "Like a brick in the groin, I see." "I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare." "And what is that nightmare, Craig?" "Life." "Life is a nightmare." "Yes.

  Ned Vizzini

  Dream, Wake Up, Realization

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• Cleansed, chlorinated to the point of chemical peel, sore muscles relieved, I felt almost human again. Tiptoe to my room, up a darkened hall, past closed doors, I wondered if I'd ever feel completely human again.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Past, Doors, Rooms

  Ellen Hopkins (2012). “Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

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• The freedom of saying anything to him, telling all, relieved a burden I hadn't even realized I'd been carrying. In my relentless push to keep moving forward, there had been so many emotions I hadn't let myself inhabit fully, so many things I hadn't talked about. Now I couldn't quite catch up to myself.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Moving Forward, Emotion, Burden

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.477, St. Martin's Press

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• She was the first person on either side of her family to go to college, and she held herself to insanely high standards. She worried a lot about whether she was good enough. It was surprising to see how relieved she seemed whenever I told her how amazing she was. I wanted her to feel strong and free. She was beautiful when she was free.

  Rob Sheffield

  Beautiful, Strong, College

  Rob Sheffield (2007). “Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To”, p.67, Crown Archetype

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• Ranger appeared in the bathroom doorway and I was too relieved to be embarrassed. "I appreciate you coming out in the middle of the night," I said. Ranger smiled. "I didn't want to miss seeing you chained up naked.

  Janet Evanovich

  Night, Appreciate, Missing

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• My father was in the kitchen putting a new washer in the kitchen faucet. He looked relieved to see Morelli standing in the hallway. He'd probably prefer I bring home someone useful, like a butcher or a car mechanic, but I guess cops are a step up from undertakers.

  Janet Evanovich

  Father, Home, Car

  Janet Evanovich (2001). “Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly”, p.387, Simon and Schuster

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