Comforting Quotes

• I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought.

  

  Nell Freudenberger
  • Writing
  • Remember
  • Practice

• That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books.

  

  Laurie Halse Anderson
  • World
  • Book
  • Alone

• It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible. Alas, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail.

  

  Jon Meacham
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Comforting

• It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

  

  Franz Kafka
  • World
  • Comforting

• I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to.

  

  Molly Ringwald
  • Writing
  • Position
  • Bed

• ... clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting.

  

  Erich Maria Remarque
  • Clothes
  • Comforting
  • Lift

• Kids delight in 'magical thinking', whether in the form of the Tooth Fairy or the saints: whether you see these as comforting lies or eternal verities, they are part of how we help kids make sense of the world.

  

  Emma Donoghue
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Kids

• It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'

  

  Kelly Macdonald
  • Girl
  • Comforting

• Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you are not normally up for a great culinary challenge.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Up
  • Great
  • Morning

• We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God.

  

  Francis Asbury
  • Soul
  • Prayer
  • Hearing

• 'Rock Bottom Riser' by Smog - I was just in Europe, and my jet lag never really went away. I wasn't sleeping very much. Then one night, my girlfriend saw a Bill Callahan show in L.A. and took a video of that song and sent it to me. I was just listening to it over and over - it was comforting.

  

  Kevin Morby
  • Song
  • Night
  • Rock

• Teachers want to teach you theory, and that's fine, but when it comes to rock and roll, you only need three chords. There's something comforting about that.

  

  Alice Ripley
  • Rock
  • Comforting

• You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. "Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble." "You sound like Shane." "Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck." "Liar.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Heart
  • She
  • Hurt

• 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.

  

  Daniel Humm
  • Great
  • Perfect
  • Simple

• Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.

  

  T. H. White
  • Children
  • Habit
  • Degradation

• The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Important
  • Death
  • Purpose

• In Clavain’s experience, it was the less comforting possibility that generally turned out to be the case. It was the way the universe worked.

  

  Alastair Reynolds
  • Experience
  • Universe
  • Comforting

• It is always comforting to be around people you like and know!

  

  Anna Ewers
  • People
  • Comforting

• Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • Summer
  • Comforting

• The g-forces increased and I wasn't able to continue to hold the camera against the window, so I had to lay it back against my chest, but still continued to photograph the re-entry until there was no more unusual visual effects of the energy in the atmosphere. And it was very comforting to understand that the people in Houston, the controllers, had very high confidence that we were on the right path.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • People
  • High
  • Energy

• 'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I liked the equation, that it was always the same but a little bit different. There's something comforting about those books.

  

  Blake Crouch
  • Different
  • Comforting

• In an age of never-ending health fads, it's comforting to learn that one of the healthiest activities you can do has existed for millennia. It's called reading. Yes, books are not just entertaining or educational: they can also improve your mental health.

  

  Matt Haig
  • Age
  • Reading
  • Health

• I think it's very comforting for people to put me in a box. 'Oh, she's a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.'

  

  Marissa Mayer
  • People
  • She
  • Girl

• And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go.

  

  Tom Lehrer
  • Together
  • Facts
  • Achievement

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