“I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.”
Calm feeling
Calm Quotes — page 226 of 276
“Since most of the action of the war actually happens off the page (offstage), I wanted to give the characters something they had to contend with on a daily basis, some sort of obstacle. Weather seemed to be the one great equalizer regardless of your station in life - when it snows, everyone is inconvenienced to a certain degree. Plus it's tactile, weather, it affects the skin.”
“Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.”
“Luckily we never injected because both of us were totally scared about needles. So that probably saved us. And the other thing that saved us was our connection was not very good.”
“I don't mind about the boos from the audience.”
“In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.”
“When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.”
“I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job.”
“Running provides an outlet for my mind to relax and my peace to be still.”
“It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost.”
“How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.”
“Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection of the reality of a harmonious and attractive blend of prayer and action. It clearly showed that the sensibilities of a contemplative soul in no way lead to agitation or nervousness.”
“The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music.”
“After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.”
“Relief washed over me like that first air-conditioned breeze on a hot summer day.”
“I liked that about her. I liked how laid back she was, when she wasn’t trying to stab me.”
“I am quite a private person.”
“I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.”
“I close my eyes. I don't expect Four to reassure me, and he makes no effort to, but I feel better standing here than I did out there among the people who are my friends, my faction.”
“Eyes open, then," I say, tapping the skin between my eyebrows. I don’t really need her eyes to be on mine, but I feel better when they are.”