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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
Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.
— Fernando Botero
We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with their challenges.
— Chloe Hooper
Single-minded dedication to just one thing, without rest, respite or distraction, is only conducive to migraines, not productivity.
— Claire North
Play matters because it gives us a brief respite from the tyranny of apparent purpose.
— Jill Vialet
Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.
— Tony Blair
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
— Mary Shelley
Unquestioning automatons
blindly marching to the beat -
an eerie crunching sound
hoards of shuffling feet ...
(from silent moments) — Muse
blindly marching to the beat -
an eerie crunching sound
hoards of shuffling feet ...
(from silent moments) — Muse
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
— Maya Angelou
Write the wrong
Wrong the right
Spite the good fight
With no respite
And set the
Literary world
Alight — Robert Black
Wrong the right
Spite the good fight
With no respite
And set the
Literary world
Alight — Robert Black
What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?
— Colleen McCullough
Eating three times a day means takingon, almost without respite, the work of assimilation.
— Adalbert De Vogue
Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness ...
— Guillermo Del Toro
In particular, all the work of it gave her a short respite
— Nora Roberts
The meat was bruised, bleeding, and imprisoned in a tight wrapping. And, though I had a six-month respite from thinking about it, so was I.
— Susanna Kaysen
Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.
— Thomas Jefferson
There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.
— Warhammer 40 000 Source Book
She inhaled again. 'You made it rain,' she said softly, delighted.
'Everyone needs a respite from the sun. — Kathleen Tessaro
'Everyone needs a respite from the sun. — Kathleen Tessaro
There are kinds of solitude that provide a respite from loneliness, a holiday if not a cure.
— Olivia Laing
Poetry affords us a respite in which we may gather renewed strength for the old struggle to adapt ourselves to reality.
— Robert Haven Schauffler
When a wolf descends upon your flocks, all you gain by killing him is a short respite, for other wolves will come,
— George R R Martin
Happiness is never there to stay [ ... ] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.
— Andre Maurois
What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?
— Slavoj Zizek
Is a few hours of hell-raising, or respite from life's toil worth this every morning?
— Catherine Lockwood
Margaux was older and wiser now and knew the waves couldn't fix what was wrong in her life, but at least they might give her some temporary respite.
— Shelley Noble
Kings have no need of masks. A mask is a release from oneself, a respite.
("Thirty-Three Abominations") — Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal
("Thirty-Three Abominations") — Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal
There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.
— Robert Breault