Quotes About Comforting

But I'm afraid I'm bad at comforting; I can listen all right, but I can hardly ever find anything to say.

They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades.

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

they're like a hug in your mouth.

I wish I could believe in Druids' otherworld, where other people go when they die here, where they can live another life." "And then come back to this world when they die there, over and over again. It does sound comforting" "Except for one thing" Zachary's finger wound in my hair. "This is the only life I ever want.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere; they are the voices of my comrades.

She was—I'm not sure how to best describe it—a receiving presence, not a giving one. You talked to her . She listened. Pretty soon, you found you had told her everything about yourself—and you felt better for it too. She had a wonderful soothing way about her. But she hadn't told you anything, nothing at all.

It's comforting to blame the misfortune of others on their own actions. It's also wrong.

This was both unsettling, since I'd been duped, and a little comforting in that it took away some of my feeling of guilt for my actions. Ah, the sweet power of deflecting responsibility.

the rasp of the respirator's filter were about as comforting as Darth Vader reading a bedtime story

The ritual of tea, Willow thought, is like a liturgy itself, comforting because it's so familiar.

The perfect ham and cheese sandwich is all about focusing on quality ingredients and about simple techniques. You start with great bread, a well-cured ham and a sharp local cheese, and the rest is easy. A little butter in a pan and a little patience - in the end you'll have a sandwich that is at once comforting and delicious.

There is a difference between helping, comforting, feeding, and empowering people. As I've said many times: Simply giving money (or entitlements) to poor people only serves to keep them poor longer.

A sensibility like this makes us prone to wonder, to pondering questions rather than wanting comforting answers. It makes us prone to beauty, to experiences of being lifted beyond our usual sense of who we are into a larger, more inclusive life, which leads to love.

For readers worldwide, the attraction of romance novels seems to be that they provide hope, strength, and the assurance that happy endings are possible. Romance makes the promise that no matter how bleak things sometimes look, in the end everything will turn out right and true love will triumph -- and in an uncertain world, that's very comforting.

Soo--oop of the e--e--evening, Beautiful, beautiful Soup!

Around us the night creatures have their say. We are surrounded by a symphony of crickets and frogs. Neither of us feels the need to speak, and I suppose that is one of the qualities I find comforting in Kartik. We can be alone together.

She has a scent that is familiar and comforting, like all the things you wish you could take with you on your travels to make you feel less alone.

This life wasn't all there was; there was more, much more, and when people spoke of death as passing they were exactly right, because the spirit passed on to that other level of existence. Knowing that was the most comforting thing she could imagine.

I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.

Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a voice. It's a very important genre for all of those reasons.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

They'd jumped into one of the waiting taxis, and as it pulled out of the car park Nikki started crying. 'Right. Calm down, you.' Julie handed Nikki a tissue. 'It's alright. Nothing's going to happen.