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Quotes About Comfort

I felt as though a sympathetic hand were tending the wounds where thorns had stabbed me. . .
~ Jun'ichir? Tanizaki
God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.
~ Jurgen Moltmann
There is dew on these poems in the morning, and at night a cool breeze may rise from them. In the winter they are blankets, in the summer a place to swim. I like talking to you like this. Have you moved a step closer? Soon we may be kissing.
~ Kabir
Nothing is more reassuring than recognizing the feet you are standing on as your own, knowing that this is my place, and I am well, and all the people I love are well.
~ Kadiatou Diallo
Hush," I said. "I'm here, and I'm not letting you out of my sight anytime soon so keep holding me tight." I looked down, a little more than afraid of plummeting hundreds of feet down.- Breena to Kian, Silver Frost
~ Kailin Gow
Shoes really did lead the perfect life. They were polished and taken care of and not expected to do anything more painful than occasionally step in a bit of mud or a rare puddle. She'd wager her shoes never wished they could just disappear.
~ Karen Hawkins
The bed was lumpy, the fire smoked so badly I was forced to extinguish it or die, then I froze to death the rest f the night because the blanket was so thin. That's a shame. It was right comfortable in the tack room. I've a cot and a neat little pot-bellied stove. Dougal sent a thoughful look at the barn. Can you put up another cot?
~ Karen Hawkins
Then you must also spend the night. We are miles from an inn, and I can promise you that the sheets are fresh and clean. And the beds are lumpier than those at any posting house.
~ Karen Hawkins
Lord MacLean, pray have a seat. That chair is safe. And half the size of a regular seat. She dared him to be comfortable in it. He eyed the chair and shook his head. I believe I'll stand. As you wish. She smoothed her skirts, the movement of her slender hands drawing Dougal's gaze. She had the most kissable mouth and the most intriguing-and challenging-blue eues he'd ever seen.
~ Karen Hawkins
Some crave the safety of boredom while others crave the bravery of adventure.
~ Karen Hawkins
Mama G nodded and turned away, pulling a tissue from her sweater pocket and wiping her eyes. "I'm making this harder on us both." "Nonsense. You're scared. To be honest, I'm scared, too. But we're together and that isn't going to change.
~ Karen Hawkins
Nothing goes better with a good book than a cup of hot tea and a scone.
~ Karen Hawkins
Coffee is the elixir of life.
~ Karen Hawkins
When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book. Both
~ Karen Joy Fowler
If she was exposing more skin than usual, that was because it was going to be a hundred-fucking-six degrees. Was she supposed to wear a suit?
~ Karen Joy Fowler
Tu mi hai dato la fede, quando la mia fede era infranta. Mi hai dato la speranza che avevo perduto da tempo. Mi hai dato la pace che non conoscevo più
~ Karen Ranney
It's the curse of the motherless child. We seek comfort from the very people who do us harm.
~ Karin Slaughter
The time was already creeping up on three o'clock. Faith had been awake since three this morning. All she could think about right now was walking through her front door, taking off her bra and reading escalator fatality stories until it was dark enough to go to bed.
~ Karin Slaughter
I want you to know what it's like to fall in love with somebody, to stay awake at night thinking you're going to die if you don't have them. All he could say was, I've stayed awake plenty of nights thinking about you. Worrying about me, she corrected. I'm not an old pair of shoes you can wear for the rest of your life just because they're comfortable.
~ Karin Slaughter
Lena had never understood people sending flowers to a funeral home, but she finally realized that the flowers were something for the living to enjoy, a reminder that there was still life in the world, that people could go on.
~ Karin Slaughter
Claire took a stuttered breath. She couldn't stand the soft, reassuring tone of his voice. There was still an infinitesimal part of her that wanted her husband to somehow make it all better.
~ Karin Slaughter
Claire picked up the picture. They were at a football game. Paul's jacket was wrapped around her shoulders. She could recall thinking how warm it felt, how reassuring. The camera had captured her laughing, mouth open, head tilted back. Ecstatically, irrevocably happy.
~ Karin Slaughter
She knew that there came a point when your mind told you everything was wrong, but your body betrayed you anyway, reaching out for whatever comfort was offered.
~ Karin Slaughter
He is a man who is comfortable airing his opinions, and confident that every single word that comes out of his mouth is not just correct, but fascinating.
~ Karin Slaughter