Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

—Francis Quarles

My mind's my kingdom.

—Francis Quarles

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

—Francis Quarles

As terrible as the truth was, there was something restful about it.

—Bree Despain in The Dark Divine

When do I stop? When I'm twenty-five? Thirty? Thirty-five? Forty? Or right this minute? Nobody tells you how long you should keep doing something before you give up forever.

—Meg Wolitzer in The Interestings

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

—Jules Renard