In Iteration 2, pauses became a respite from the quick pace' moments to reflect, respond and 'enjoy': "[The simulation] flew by.
Those 25 hours became a respite from my mounting schoolwork, a forced hiatus from the endless black hole of the Internet, the only time I could turn off a screen long enough to, say, read a book or play a game with my family.
Now that Spring is upon us and playground romps have become a blessed respite from hang-gliding down the basement stairs (or maybe that's just my kids), I see a familiar ritual.
Beyond being a place for puns, Lisa's New Toaster page became a respite.
A place like Patsy's becomes a respite when the chase gets tired.
And ever since they began their sessions, photography has become a much-needed respite from their trouble pasts.
Even before the meatpacking district became hell, there was a respite from it, at Florent, the regenerative twenty-four-hour bistro.
"These have not proved particularly effective, as they may become a safe haven offering a respite from interrogation," the medical staff document states.
Cricket, of course, is only a sport, and an obscure one for much of the world, yet it is now providing a respite from what has become known as India's "season of scams".
Far from providing this boy with a respite from his troubled home life, school became a breeding ground for slander, mocking and ridicule, inflicting damage that would take years of compassion and sensitivity to erase.
