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You spend your whole lifetime in your occupation, actually making life clever, easy and convenient f...

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Stands the Church clock at ten to three?And is there honey still for tea?

There is something in this January Siberian landscape that overpowers, oppresses, stuns. Above all, ...

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When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.

He grinned again. We'd only been seeing each other for a few weeks now, but this easy give-and-take ...

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There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort.

I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support an...

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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

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StendhalThe Red and the Black

And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading yo...

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[his healing skills] ..lay in the ability to comfort, to comfort in the proper sense, to make strong...

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The exhilaration was hard to explain. It was a lonely feeling — a somehow melancholy feeling. He was...

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The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

She understood about the comfort you can get from a small separate world, whether it's a theatre or ...

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Susan CooperKing of Shadows

So what should we do with our last few days?”“I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest...

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Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be w...

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Sylvia PlathThe Journals of Sylvia Plath

Everybody has somebody. It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One...

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Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'c...

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Thomas De QuinceyConfessions of an English Opium Eater

But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.

There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testim...

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Anxiously you ask, 'Is there a way to safety? Can someone guide me? Is there an escape from threaten...

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Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and ...

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Sophia," she said, "this is really not something to argue about. You can see for yourself that life ...

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It [Foucault's Pendulum] can be very comforting for people of my generation, who ate disappointment ...

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... there are things that outweigh comfort, unless one is an old woman or a cat.

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Ursula K. Le GuinThe Left Hand of Darkness

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

I close my eyes. I don't expect Four to reassure me, and he makes no effort to, but I feel better st...

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Art is to console those who are broken by life.

The gruff murmur, irregularly broken by the taking out of pipes and the putting in of pipes which ha...

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Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and ...

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At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real...

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Ideologists of all kinds find a strange sort of comfort in the madness of the crowd; it confirms the...

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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, whil...

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William CowperThe Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper

Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray b...

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But thou art with us, with us in the past,The present, with us in the times to come.There is no grie...

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This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

You forget your feet when the shoes are comfortable. You forget your waist when the belt is comforta...

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But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when yo...

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In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, be...

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I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be h...

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... one may live in a big house and yet have no comfort.

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Agatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles

She was of traditional build herself, but her figure was largely concealed by the folds of a generou...

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Shall I make you a cup of tea? He asked. It was the classic response to crisis practiced throughout ...

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Doing this was likewading and then throwing yourself into the lake for the first icy swim, in June. ...

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It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come...

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The formula of life is simple. It is the formula of giving - giving courage, attention, peace, love ...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and...

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I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a ...

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When you’re kind to people, and you pay attention, you make a field of comfort around them, and you ...

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We kept on cooking and walking the dog, taking the kids to the park, cleaning the kitchen, and letti...

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Anne LamottTraveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Miss Morstan and I stood together, and her hand was in mine. A wondrous subtle thing is love, for he...

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Arthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories

There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish ...

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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: ...

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Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established...

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If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact th...

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There are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late.

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Bill WattersonAttack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.

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Bill WattersonThe Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience ...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience ...

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Picture of Billy Graham
Billy GrahamBilly Graham in Quotes

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

Show More

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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Because tragedy happened to you, it gives you a greater sense of oneness with others who experience ...

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When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back t...

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Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weari...

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It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

God doesn’t comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.

We should go to no place that we would not go in His Presence. But He is not with us just to judge o...

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There are countless opportunities to comfort others, not only in the loss of a loved one, but also i...

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