Your partner may have injuries that you can’t repair. Your partner may be trapped in a dark room without windows. Your life narrative might bring him more relief than an opiate. Some people make better...

Soon the pain felt wonderful, almost sweet, because it was the kind that you can tell precedes relief. But maybe all pain is like that.

It is the death of hope that comes as the greatest relief

The first question sobbed out by his choking voice, oppressed with emotion, was–“Where is she?”They led him to the room where his mother sat. They had told her of her son’s acquittal, and now she...

I wish that the last breath of your life is a sigh of relief.

People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been–for a moment’s relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been...

Modern Christianity, in dramatic reversal of its biblical form, promises to relieve the pain of living in a fallen world. Then message, whether it’s from fundamentalists requiring us to live by a favored set of...

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

You’re insane!” she shouted.”Pretty cool, huh?””No!”Tally yelled. “Why didn’t you tell me it was broken?”Shay shrugged. “More fun that way?””More fun?” Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief...

I think, being an actor, it’s just a relief every time you get a part.

Relief is a great feeling.It’s the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the negative.And yet, think about...