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Quotes About Solace

Margaux was older and wiser now and knew the waves couldn't fix what was wrong in her life, but at least they might give her some temporary respite.
~ Shelley Noble, Beach Colors
Some seeksolace inwhiskey, I drown mysorrowsin ink.
~ Noor Shirazie
when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns
~ Charles Bukowski
Where could I call home? Only in my heart.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
~ Martin Luther
books provided much-needed ballast - something we both craved, amid the chaos and upheaval...
~ Will Schwalbe
And when people would say to Mom, "I'll include you in my prayers," it gave her great solace. It wasn't a platitude for her—when she knew people were praying for her, it was something concrete and immense.
~ Will Schwalbe
The popularity of yoga arises not only because of its talent for undoing stress but because its traditions make an engaging counterpoint to modern life. It's unplugged and natural, old and centered—a kind of anti-civilization pill that can neutralize the dissipating influence of the Internet and the flood of information we all face. Its ancient serenity offers a new kind of solace.
~ William J. Broad
The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might be feeling at a given time could be encapsulated in the song selection. You made mixtapes that corresponded to emotional states, and they'd be avaliable to pop into the deck when each feeling needed reinforcing or soothing. The mixtape was your friend, your psychiatrist, and your solace.
~ David Byrne
The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might be feeling at a given time could be encapsulated in the song selection. You made mixtapes that corresponded to emotional states, and they'd be available to pop into the deck when each feeling needed reinforcing or soothing. The mixtape was your friend, your psychiatrist, and your solace.
~ David Byrne
Hay cuerpos que son consuelos
~ David Foenkinos
There are spaces of sorrow only God can touch.
~ Helen Prejean
Solace? That's why God made fermented beverages and the blues.
~ Tom Robbins
I know that I can never be alone as God is there with me.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there in a book, you may have your question answered
~ E. B. White
It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.
~ Juliana Hatfield
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
In this job, there are some simple pleasures that really help you cope. One is books, I mean, books are a great escape. Books are a way to get your mind on something else.
~ George W. Bush
Her body begs to be taken away and put into a warm bed with the sheets pulled high, even though nothing can help now.
~ Steven Herrick
Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
~ Bette Davis
I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.
~ Colleen McCullough
The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
~ John Ruskin
I think that one thing fiction can offer, and must offer, is a place where someone's mind and their imagination can come to rest for a little while.
~ Ben H. Winters