“Calm down, Horus said.
"Don't tell me to calm down!"
Bast frowned. "I didn't."
"Talking to him!" I pointed at my forehead.”

“Tell me where it hurts, she'd say. Stop howling. Just calm down and show me where.

But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.”

“I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said: "Richard, calm down."”

“Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.”

~ Liberty Jones”

“Twiddling is one of my autistic things. I do it to calm me down. I twiddle frantically for a while, and I fantasize about all kinds of things while I twiddle.”

“…What was that?! What the hell was that?! What did you just throw at me?! …[I] wasn't ready for that! Jeezus! Calm down!”

“speak to me
don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling
there's no telling where it starts or how it ends”

“I started crying again, my voice ragged. He told me to calm down. He told me it was going to be all right. And then, he told he'd be there soon.”

“But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.”

“Calm, calm down. The (COVID-19) virus has become rampant. Everyone here is anxious.”