Quotes About Comfort

Home is sanctuary.

As she spoke, as she looked out over the garden, Pilar ran a hand absently over Maddy's hair, left it lying on her shoulder. The gesture made everything inside the girl go warm. And made her sigh. What's wrong?

tidy bed was a restful bed

Then she remembered what her mother called heart-sleep. That sleep a wounded heart needed to help it heal.

It really is. Come on in. Can I get you some coffee?

cottage not so different from any home

You bet. But he just leaned down, held on. Scared me, he murmured against her cheek. Scared hell out of me, Sophie. Hearing that, knowing that, had her heart making that same little leap. It's okay now. You're not really a bastard.

coffeepot, Glenna gave Blair's arm an absent stroke. "Give you a

Ty? Hmmm. It doesn't hurt as much when you hold me. Good. Go to sleep.

Safe and sound through all the night. All you are and all you see hold you through dark into light.

Sweet dreams only," she murmured, touching the charm she'd hung over the beds of her babies. "Safe and sound

Women curl up with books, guys stretch out

When Tyler got back, she was making minestrone. It always knocked him back a step to see her working in the kitchen.

not wrong," he said, and took her

What's she crying for now? Theo wanted to know as Pilar clung to his father and sobbed. Women wait until it's over before they cry, especially when it's important. Maddy studied the way her father turned his face into Pilar's hair. This is important

six, and by then, according to the doctor, she'd be covered with the itchy rash that was now confined to her belly and chest. It was going around, the pediatrician had said. It would run its course. Easy for him to say, Spence thought. It wasn't his daughter whose eyes were teary. It wasn't his baby with a hundred-and-one-degree

Love, the strong grip of it, steadied him.

Man needs the comfort of the simple as much as he needs the glory

Okay. Let's try this instead. He pulled her in, held her. Thanks. Can you do without the things you took to the castello for a few days? I'll have them packed up and sent. We need to go home, Ty. I need to be home. Best news I've had in days. He kissed the top of her head. Let's go.

me, when you hold me, it

someone had spoiled her routine and pricked her contentment bubble.

Would it be normal if she slipped some rosemary and crystals under Marco's pillow to ensure he had a peaceful night's sleep? Her normal, she decided, so she'd see to that.

friend. To have only the heat without the warmth? It would do, and does, but only just.

He never had a first read on the nightstand, not if he wanted to sleep, so he settled in with the familiar and fascinating