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“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.”
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“I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can't think why, 'cos it's not as if I hardly ever has a bath. You'd think they'd take the hint, wouldn't you?”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“What a pure blessing it was to have a bath in a tub alone in a room where all you had to do was pump the water, not tote buckets. Then all you had to do was pull out the cork, not tote more buckets to the back porch--that kind of thing is easy to take lightly until you don't have it.”
― Sarah's Quilt
― Sarah's Quilt
“Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.”
― I Capture the Castle
― I Capture the Castle
“Children should never have baths,’ my grandmother said. ‘It's a dangerous
habit.’
‘I agree, Grandmamma.”
― The Witches
habit.’
‘I agree, Grandmamma.”
― The Witches
“[My guilty pleasure is a] deep, eco-unfriendly, hot bath. Preferably with a glass of champagne and someone sitting on the loo seat gossiping.”
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“She felt faintly embarrassed by the sheer profusion of things she had for putting in baths, but she was for some reason incapable of passing any chemist’s or herb shop without going in to be seduced by some glass-stoppered bottle of something blue or green or orange or oily that was supposed to restore the natural balance of some vague substance she didn’t even know she was supposed to have in her pores.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.”
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“Something pink? Something with extra Vitamin B? Vitamin B12? B13? Just the number of things with different types of Vitamin B in them was an embarrassment of choice itself. There were powders as well as oils, tubes of gel, even packets of some kind of pungent -smelling seed that was meant to be good for some obscure part of you in some arcane way.”
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“I believe it is customary to get get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted--- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than it did...So I bask first, wash second and then read as long as the hot water holds out. The last stage of a bath, when the water is cooling and there is nothing to look forward to, can be pretty disillusioning.”
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“Anyone who thinks heaven is not hot water behind a locked door has forgotten what it means to live.”
― Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
― Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
“I can tell you kids grew up with a silver spoon in your mouth. When I was your age, we took a bath once a week on Saturday night, and all of us used the same bath water.”
― Chips of Red Paint
― Chips of Red Paint
“After handling the observatory mercury systems, I had to start taking daily baths to calm down my hot skin pains. The baths were the only refuge from the terrible pains.”
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“Water and I have always gotten along. I was not a child who complained about having to take a bath or a shower, because I enjoyed being alone somewhere where people could not interrupt me, or if they did, I could pretend not to hear them over the water running.”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
“Hot baths before bed improve sleep for insomnia sufferers and can reduce depression symptoms. One study found that people who took baths more frequently were less likely to be depressed three years later, an effect that was especially strong for bathing in winter.”
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
― How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
“It’s not wheel science… just aim and fire.”
― A Very Giant Tale: An historical story about real places
― A Very Giant Tale: An historical story about real places
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