Quotes About Comfort

But in such troubles nothing will give comfort. They must be borne, till the fire of misfortune burns itself out.

I should not have gone. When there is unhappiness, people should stay together; — shouldn't they, mamma?

Nor would you take it. There is nothing so comfortable as money, — but nothing so defiling if it be come by unworthily; nothing so comfortable, but nothing so noxious if the mind be allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man have enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it, let him earn it honestly. Let him do something for it, so that the man who pays it to him may get its value.

when a man's heart is sad—sad—sad to the core, a few words from a parson at the last moment will never make it all right.

in these fits of sad regret from which the latter years of few reflecting men can be free, religion would suffice to comfort him. Yes, religion could console him for the loss of any worldly good.

Comprendí que la luz del sol es despiadada, son las sombras las que nos protegen

Thank God for the cats, I thought, when they had the compassion to sleep next to me on the couch, or looked on curious but unfazed as I bawled. They were good companions to have in this strange new world of grief: nonverbal, affectionate, no more baffled by agony than they were by dishwashing.

But in a strange way, I am comforted by the truth. Death comes for us. You may get ten minutes on this earth or you may get eighty years but nobody gets out alive. Accepting this rule gives me a funny flicker of peace.

Writing is communicating with an unknown intimate who is always available, the way the faithful can turn to God. My lined notebooks were the only place I could say as much as I wanted, whenever I wanted. To this day I feel comforted and relieved of loneliness, no matter how foreign my surroundings, if I have a pad and a pen.

Finally there was a place—for everything! Lucy's garage-sale golf clubs. The quilt with yellow stars from my stepmother. Books that we'd read, that we hadn't yet read, that we'd never read, all on shelves. The things that for years had remained in our parents' homes while we went about our young adulthoods inhabiting small spaces in big cities we brought to that house, and they comforted us. We were home.

I learned that you can make your family feel a wonderful sense of protected indulgence by cooking them something with jolly care.

Then we would go to the living room and sit on the blue couches, and Cat Stevens would sing on the record player, "I have my freedom / I can make my own rules.

My country's where my comfort's best secured.

One's country is wherever one does well. Où l'on est bien, là est la patrie.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Radicalism is a luxury of stability because only when we have everything under control can we dare to change things.

Friends are a comfort in misfortune but one should not make them unhappy by seeking their sympathy...

keep the baby's head higher than her butt, always support the head, and gentle patting or rubbing is

When Connie rounded the corner several seconds later, she found her friend standing glumly by herself, squeezing a roll of Charmin.

And I'd like Ben there, of course, cuddling me into the void with the usual sweet assurances.

C'était le grand point fort de l'amour : quelqu'un qui vous attend et vous déclare que le chemin sera moins pénible, à partir de maintenant. Même si ce n'est peut-être pas vrai.

Ohhh, that feels lovely. The earth knows exactly how to hold us if we just let it.

Eentonigheid is een vorm van zekerheid, met eentonigheid kun je angst bezweren.

I consider dying a very important part of life. I feel good in the sense that since these people are in pain, and most of them don't have very long to live, I can make their journey easier.