#relief

Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like when it is suddenly picked out of the pan on a fork and put back on the shelf!" "No you don't!" he heard Dori answering, "because the bacon knows that it will get back in the pan sooner or later; and it is to be hoped we shan't. Also eagles aren't forks! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#humor #relief #humor

There’s no magical healing in this. I won’t wake up tomorrow fixed and joyful. I’ll still hurt and grieve. But moments like this, with Colton? They make it all bearable. He doesn't fix me, doesn't heal me. He just makes life worthwhile. He helps me remember to breathe, shows me how to smile again. He kisses me, and I can forget pain, forget the urges I still have to cut for the pain that erases the emotions. ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#colton #cutter #cutting #escape #falling

There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief. ↗

— Graham Greene

#drinking #liquor #relationships #relief #alcohol

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107) ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#addicts #pain #pain-relief #addiction

Our culture encourages us to plan every moment and fill our schedules with one activity and obligation after the next, with no time to just be. But the human body and mind require downtime to rejuvenate. I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peace with me out into the world. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mind-body-spirit #mindfulness #peace-of-mind #purpose #stress-management

Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#both #clothing #coordinating #food #impacted

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#around #being #certain #i #just

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#difficult #finally #finding #getting #great

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief. ↗

— Bob Graham

#allow #also #billion #businesses #buy

It's fundamentally unfair to have so much of the tax relief go to so few. And it is a 10-year tax plan rather than one, as mine, focused on the next two years, which in my opinion is the critical time to jumpstart the economy. ↗

— Bob Graham

#critical time #economy #few #focused #fundamentally