Quotes About Comfort

When someone is by your side…it's like a lamp burning in the darkness. I want to rely on its light…and it's difficult not to.

When she didn't let go, when she buried her freckled nose in his chest and snuggled closer and when she shivered from the cold, he couldn't stop himself from reaching out and wrapping his arms around her. Hesitant, he lowered his face into her hair and breathed deep.

So at the end of the day, here was what Mike was able to believe in: people.It was people and their kindness the made him feel blessed. It was people who were the heroes, and people who were generous, and people who comforted one another.

But they get some comfort out of the made up stories. And if that helps them get along maybe I should not poke fun.

You can rest with me until somebody comes to get you. We will not say anything. We can rest.

And so I had only writing to comfort but it never soothed, it only marked the wound — Kazim Ali, from "Mountain Time," The American Poetry Review (vol. 50, no. 1, January/February 2021)

Blanky. Such an innocuous name for something that had now cemented itself as the locus of my grief and horror and rage.

People who've been traumatized by a crime are victims, too. Finding ways to comfort them is also part of my job.

The flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other's reading to share a casual delight.

The bed in which we spend a third of our lives functions as a kind of protective haven for the true self, the subconscious refuge from the assault of the external world. The bed becomes the restorative womb, where the imagination is nurtured while our resting bodies are safe.

Touching is a powerful act

I wish I was not so determined to feel secure about everything. I want everything to be comfortable and in reality nothing ever is.

A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, "where mother is."

But I've always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I'm here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.

The coolest part about seeing a girl wear something comfortable is the smile that you can just feel coming through from inside her.

If there's anything I can do- I know there probably isn't, but..." Just be here

He balled up my discarded sweatshirt and put it against his shoulder. "Go on," he said. "I don't bite." "And from what I hear, that's a good thing." He gave a rumbling chuckle. "Yeah, it is." I leaned against his shoulder.

In fact, we often prefer predictable, obvious suffering to suffering that may or may not happen at any given time. And

What Jeremy likes about showers is the way you can stand there, surrounded by water and yet in absolutely no danger of drowning, and not think about things like whether you fucked up on the Spanish assignment, or why your mother is looking so worried.

Jake's hair smelled like iced tea with honey in it, after all the ice has melted.

Will you be all right? Should I call somebody?" "No, no there's no one to call." You hear that, you usually feel for the person.

I was wearing a pair of chords that were one wash away from shedding.

I always feel at home in theatres like this ... because we're about the same age

I'll take heat rash over frost bite any day.