Joyce Carol Oates Quotes

The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and domestic values, but because the cat in quiescence is medicinal to irritable, tense, tortured men and women.

You may have a cat in the room with you without anxiety about anything except eatables. The presence of a cat is positively soothing to a student.

Stroking my dog calms me down.

I get home at the end of the day and I don't want to talk. All I want to do is lay on the floor and pet my dogs and my cats.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

I do a lot of writing on planes, actually. It's my time that I can just relax and have absolutely no distractions.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

My idea of serenity - that wonderful word that everybody's trying to get into their life - is call-waiting.

I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process is sort of like when I go out for sushi and have to get a slice of pizza afterward.

I like someone I can have fun with and who can be more laid-back than I am, because it calms me down.

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviours.

You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses have the same effect.

Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato.

Kittens are the best therapy.

I've had a ranch house my whole life, so we'd go down there, be in nature, and just listen to country music. For me, it's very relaxing. When I hear it while I'm traveling or wherever I am, even working, it just mellows me out and brings me back home... It's comforting.

Music is a great part of my life. It helps me relax and keep calm whenever I am not boxing.

Madame Lefoux accepted a cup of tea and sat on another little settee, next to the relocated calico cat. The cat clearly believed Madame Lefoux was there to provide chin scratches. Madame Lefoux provided.

when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

Kittens will make your sad go away

To reduce stress, avoid excitement. Spend more time with your spouse.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

When I'm at our house in France I totally cut myself off from the rest of the world. I never have to listen to phones ringing and that's because - and Vanessa would confirm this - phones are banned from the house. We have a beautiful life and I feel that spending time in France has just calmed me down and made me stop worrying about things which aren't really important.

Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .