Quotes About Relief

Dex was relieved Dr. Gage didn't reveal how they'd met yesterday — with Dex almost getting squashed by Dr. Gage's SUV.

learned to his relief that they were deep enough for his ships to pass unharmed.

To urinate, they simply stood and faced the ocean wherever they could be sure that the wind would

climbed back on deck, where he no doubt breathed a sigh of relief.

but in any event his geographical legerdemain alleviated Spain's principal anxiety:

His relief did not last long. He faced the largest body of water on the planet

The weather had relented, and fish, as they knew from their first visit to the river, were plentiful.

Rescue will come as a welcome interruption of…the survival voyage.

The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of light relief; of tragedy, to wound them and bring the relief of tears. Disgust and terror are the other points of the compass.

Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful.

She remembered then that Lexie, thank god, had stayed over at Serena Wong's house last night.

It seems inappropriate for the light to be so bright, for the sky to be so blue, and he's relieved when a cloud drifts over the sun and the water turns from silver to gray.

To his great relief she recommended no course of action. She listened. She didn't believe in giving advice, even when asked.

Death was a sweet relief for my present miseries, and I vehemently longed for its arrival.

You want to find yourself in the flow of time, miraculously relieved of your irrelevance.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper, said Mr. Bumble. So cry away.

He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his own thoughts. He had never known before the strength of the want in his heart for the frequent recognition of a nod, a look, a word; or the immense amount of relief that had been poured into it by drops through such small means.

The having originated a precaution which was already in course of execution, was a great relief to Miss Pross. The necessity of composing her appearance so that it should attract no special notice in the streets, was another relief. She looked at her watch, and it was twenty minutes past two. She had no time to lose, but must get ready at once.

The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don't want; and then they get tired of coming.

The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll's frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this a false alarm! The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy!

I could not better testify my respect for your sister than by finally relieving her of her brother," said Sydney Carton.

Your uncle, dear Miss Haredale, happily—I say happily, because he has succeeded where many of our creed have failed, and is safe—has crossed the sea, and is out of Britain.' 'I thank God for it,' said Emma, faintly.

The relief of being at last engaged in the execution of the purpose, was so great to me that I felt it difficult to realise the condition in which I had been a few hours before.