| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8b886bc | Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. | 1993 reassurance soothing inspirational reassuring respite | Maya Angelou | |
| a1b00b5 | Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another--which is not to say that we should never strive to overcome any of our anxieties or fulfil any of our desires, but rather to suggest that we should perhaps build into our strivings an awareness of the way our goals promise us a respite and a resolution that they cannot, by definition, deliver. | hopes life respite goals desire | Alain de Botton |