Quotes About Comfort

I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.

This long struggle to be at home in the body, this difficult friendship.

Studies have shown that babies who are touched, massaged, and held often are less irritable and gain weight more quickly. Holding, rocking, and cuddling a child communicates love and acceptance perhaps better than anything else. Babies, toddlers, even parents need hugs, and a loving hug may be all the "help" your little one needs for many of life's small crises.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

There was something magical about listening to a story unfold in which the characters coexisted harmoniously in a peaceful haven while being enveloped in the comfort and security of maternal devotion.

I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

In her minds eye she sat there, in the domesticated golden sunlight on the velvet sofa, lapped around by carpets and books and mahogany, solitary and content, as if, in fact, cloistered.

They just opened a new Starbucks, in my living room.

Fairly early on in our marriage, my husband found out that a big strong hug cured just about any ailment a woman might have. Sadness, anger, frustration, fear, low self-esteem, hopelessness, bad hair—nothing stands a chance against a powerful hug. Now I can't imagine it's easy to step up and hug an angry woman, but from the perspective of the person being hugged, I can tell you that love trumps anger every time—even when it's the hugger the huggee is angry at.

Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.

The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us--when they do.

Home is where you will always have a place, where you will always feel loved, and you will never be alone.

The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.

He flashed the warmest smile I'd ever seen, and my heart felt comforted. Maybe D.J. saw my insecurities, my fears. Maybe he knew God still had a lot of work to do in my life before I'd be good girlfriend material. Or maybe, just maybe, he saw beyond all that and simply wanted to flirt with the wedding coordinator instead of rehearse for the big night. I did my best to relax...and let him.

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again, May the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand. Irish blessing

Pizza. It'll cure whatever ails you.

Never get old. It's a ridiculously uncomfortable process Ath Creator should be made to find a cure for.

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge."

One kind word can warm three winter months.

Elise thinks of Denise's laugh cracking like thunder over the Turnbull houses, the paprika in her chili, the way her bra cuts into her back, the powdery heat of her body when they'd lie on the bed in the summertime, the afternoon too hot for anything but gossip and game shows. Her mother played with Elise's hair like it was her own, absentmindedly twirling it as they smoked.

Reading—it's the third best thing to do in bed.

I am the broth of love. Make soup to me.