--- title: "9 Say Comforting Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Say Comforting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Say Comforting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something_2025138.jpg" --- > [And in a picture I want to say something comforting, as music is comforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something-comforting-as-music-is/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something_2025138.jpg) > [In a painting I want to say something comforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-comforting/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-co_658263.jpg) > [Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-comforting-fantasy/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_1141746.jpg) > [“Jack hesitated still, and Hazel wanted to say something comforting, give him some bright plastic flowers of words, but Jack would see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-ursu/jack-hesitated-still-and-hazel-wanted-to-say-something-comforting/) [Anne Ursu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-ursu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/anne-ursu-9493_hesitated_jack-hesitated-still-and-hazel-wanted-to_2208926.jpg) > [There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/there-are-all-sorts-of-things-that-would-be-comforting-i-expect-an/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/richard-dawkins-115_comforting_there-are-all-sorts-of-things-that-would_783039.jpg) > [One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/one-can-speak-poetry-just-by-arranging-colors-well-just-as-one-can/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/vincent-van-gogh-486_arranging_one-can-speak-poetry-just-by-arranging-c_2322754.jpg) > [Once again, make me sleep on your lap, say those comforting words, and calm my restless heartbeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/once-again-make-me-sleep-on-your-lap-say-those-comforting-words-and/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/ritu-ghatourey-5_comforting_once-again-make-me-sleep-on-your-lap-say_3065779.jpg) > [“Adam said nothing as we walked, his gaze fixed on our destination.  I always wished he would say something comforting.  Anything to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keary-taylor/adam-said-nothing-as-we-walked-his-gaze-fixed-on-our-destination-i/) [Keary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keary-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/keary-taylor-11848_quote_adam-said-nothing-as-we-walked-his-gaze_2022974.jpg) > [“He leaned over her, rested his head on her shoulder, and clung to her, his tears soaking into her shirt. What the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacia-kane/he-leaned-over-her-rested-his-head-on-her-shoulder-and-clung-to-her/) [Stacia Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacia-kane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/stacia-kane-3143_blackmailing_he-leaned-over-her-rested-his-head-on-he_2306443.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-comforting/#itemlist", "name": "Say Comforting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And in a picture I want to say something comforting, as music is comforting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Van Gogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something-comforting-as-music-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something_2025138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something_2025138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_and-in-a-picture-i-want-to-say-something_2025138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And in a picture I want to say something comforting, as music is comforting.” — Vincent Van Gogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a painting I want to say something comforting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Van Gogh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-comforting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-co_658263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-co_658263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/vincent-van-gogh-486_art_in-a-painting-i-want-to-say-something-co_658263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a painting I want to say something comforting.” — Vincent Van Gogh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Sagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-comforting-fantasy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_1141746.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_1141746.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/carl-sagan-160_comforting_better-the-hard-truth-i-say-than-the-com_1141746.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.” — Carl Sagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jack hesitated still, and Hazel wanted to say something comforting, give him some bright plastic flowers of words, but Jack would see them for what they were. 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