Quotes About Relief

I allowed myself to give way, to slip down into this mindless state, which was as inchoate as the fog outside, and there to rest, wallow and find, if not peace, at least a certain relief in the suspension of all extremes of emotion.

She took a step forward, and so did the unknown woman. Suddenly realization and relief came upon her in equal measures; "It is a mirror! Oh! How foolish! How foolish! To be afraid of my own reflection!" She was so relieved she almost laughed out loud, but then she paused; it had not been foolish to be frightened, not foolish at all; there had been no mirror in that corner until now.

but you have been in my hair for the last fourteen days, and I shall be very glad to get you out.

Every schoolboy turned over the final page of Richard III with relief, because now at last the Wars of the Roses were over and they could get on to the Tudors, who were dull but easy to follow.

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

I can't deny I was relieved. Not that I really thought something had happened to him, but occasionally bad things do happen to people I know. So far not in Jessica Fletcher epidemic proportions, but let's just say that news of the mysterious death of an acquaintance will never take me by complete surprise.

Now, I don't think about it." Or when I did, I mostly felt a terrible relief. Truly terrible, like a person who's been told they no longer have to carry the weight of their own gangrenous and rotting left arm. It smells, it hurts, it's literally killing you—but it's still the only left arm that you'll ever have.

Forgiving him was like balm on an old hurt place, and it felt sweeter than his apology. Sweeter even than the moment I'd said all the things I'd held in my mouth for twenty angry years. Forgiving him felt like relief.

necessary, hoping to ease her

Alice heard a woman say, 'Before I start writing I feel affectionate, interested, and frustrated. In that order. Afterwards I feel relieved, disgusted, and confused. Sometimes I don't think it's worth it.

Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night.

There!" Samantha wiped her hands and grinned. "It's gone. I feel better already!" She hurried away from the Dumpster. As Ashley and I followed Samantha down the street, I glanced back. I could see that one of the scarecrow's arms was caught on the edge of the Dumpster. "It looks like it's trying to climb out," I murmured to my sister. "Don't tell that to Samantha!" Ashley whispered back.

She glared at him. "I'm not asking you to apologize." "Well, that's a relief.I doubt I could find the words.

But he had saved her. That was irrefutable. Maybe it didn't really matter why he'd come to Phillip's party, only that he had, and he had saved her.

He patted her hand, and smiled, and Daphne noticed with relief that his happiness reached his eyes. Then her relief turned into something a little more precious—joy. Because she had been the one to chase the shadows from his eyes. She wanted to banish them forever, she realized. If only he would let her . . .

Daphne noticed with relief that his happiness reached his eyes. Then her relief turned into something a little more precious—joy. Because she had been the one to chase the shadows from his eyes. She wanted to banish them forever, she realized. If only he would let her . . .

Anthony?" she whispered. Maybe if he spoke to her, maybe if he just looked at her she might glean some clue as to what he was thinking. "We will marry next week," he stated. His voice was firm and clear, but otherwise devoid of emotion. "Oh, good!" Lady Bridgerton said with great relief, clapping her hands together.

muttering, "Well, at least he's dead, the vexing thing. It's probably

I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

Kat was breathing steadily now but Lock knew he would never forget the feeling of relief that had swept over him when he saw her draw that first, shallow gasp as they pushed the stretcher out of the shuttle. He still didn't know why she'd come back to them from the brink of death, only that he was desperate to keep her. "How

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

For fifteen thousand dollars, the psychiatrist has relieved me of what I had: fifteen thousand dollars...

both with a mixture of relief and apprehension. Jenny could well imagine