Quotes About Comfort

Turning on the shower, he thought of the wildly fancy bathroom at Charlotte's house. It was funny to think of, but the bathrooms he liked weren't fancy; this one, and the one at Seymour's, and the one at Harry's. They weren't fancy, but they were home. He got in the shower. The one squirt that always went haywire hit him right in the eye. He laughed up into the warm water running over his ears.

even when every man deserts us, God will be our consolation.

In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone...

En medio del desolado paraje, incluso el tétrico bosque de más allá parecía un hogar acogedor.

Evrende ac? oldu?u kadar merhemi de vard?r ve bu merhem unutu?tur. - Sayfa 28

Parents die far from home, and they take their things with them. The things that might give their kids comfort or solace or even an answer or two. Not that things were enough, but they were something to hold on to. Objects to hold and examine, reminders of someone who had once loved you. And sometimes they were all you had.

I used to escape into books. I'd hear my father yelling, and I'd open my book and dive in. I don't know what I would have done without reading.

All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well.

Stevie wanted to find the right words, to comfort the child. She wanted to ask what had happened to Emma. But she felt constrained, afraid she would say something wrong. Her own mother had died when she was young, and she remembered a world of adults who meant well but just seemed to make everything worse.

In the bitter air, the grieving were wreathed in white by their sighs.

We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another, and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together.

I'm sure no life can be properly developed and rounded out without some trial and sorrow - though I suppose it is only when we are pretty comfortable that we admit it.

Ja osobiÅ›cie mam tylko jedno marzenie - odezwaÅ' siÄ™ przyciszonym gÅ'osem. - Powraca ono do mnie ciÄ…gle, chocia? wiem, ?e prawdopodobnie nigdy siÄ™ nie speÅ'ni. MarzÄ™ o wÅ'asnym domu, o rozpalonym ogniu w kominku, o wÅ'asnym kocie i psie, o odgÅ'osie kroków przyjacióÅ', którzy przyszli w odwiedziny i - marzÄ™ o tobie.

The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.

Se trata de lo que podríamos llamar la vivencia de sentirse absolutamente seguro. Me refiero a aquel estado anímico en el que nos sentimos inclinados a decir: Estoy seguro, pase lo que pase, nada puede dañarme.

Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides.

You are all the sun I need.

Is she in a persistent vegetative state?" quavered David's mother. "Does she have brain damage?" My mother patted her shoulder robotically with a flat, board-like hand. "Unlikely," she said. "From a statistical perspective." A natural nurturer, my mother.

People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.

Non importa quanto squallide e grigie siano le nostre case; noi gente di carne e ossa preferiamo vivere lì piuttosto che in qualunque altro paese, per quanto bello possa essere. Non c'è niente di meglio della propria casa.

Some nights looking at him scares me so bad I can hardly move and I start doing a prayer for protection. But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

Ignorance was a comfortable nest to linger in, in the right sort of circumstances.

A storm is coming in and I feared you would be frightened." "I love storms." "We'll see," he said. "I daresay you'll need my strong arms around you to make you feel safe.

You're trembling," he said. "I think I'm scared." "But why?" He smoothed his hand over her hair. "I was a fool to have left you alone, but it won't happen again." "I've never had anyone try to kill me before." Richard patted her back gently. "'Tis a bit unnerving the first time.