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317 Comforting quotes by 269 unique authors

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be. — Suzanne Collins
We came to the comforting conclusion that the Creator probably knew how to run His universe quite as well as we do, and that, after… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness… — Hermann Hesse
Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it. — Bram Stoker
Here had lived someone else who knew that the only thing waiting at home was a sense of loneliness. Sometimes it is comforting. Most often,… — Jim Butcher
Oh yeah, this was so comforting. Like a porcupine in a condom factory.’ (Danger) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Even from the abyss of horror in which we try to feel our way today, half-blind, our hearts distraught and shattered, I look up again… — Stefan Zweig
It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there. — Mitch Albom
I found the prospect daunting, but somehow comforting, too, because the counselors insisted it could be done, and, after all, many of them were recovering… — Craig Ferguson
So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world… — Roald Dahl
I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and… — Sarah Dessen
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but, instead,… — Dean Koontz
All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know… — Erica Jong
This wasn't the person he'd thought he was, or would have chosen to be if he'd been free to choose, but there was something comforting… — Jonathan Franzen
He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan — Jim Butcher
But my sadness is comforting Because it’s right and natural And because it’s what the soul should feel When it already thinks it exists And… — Fernando Pessoa
Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
If only Sam could have stayed just like the Dog, she thought. A comforting friend without the complication of romantic interest.There had to be something… — Garth Nix
To feel our character, our personality, and our personal, hard-won history fade from being is to be exposed to whatever lies beneath these comforting, operational… — Peter Straub
There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like… — Suzanne Collins
Go to sleep," he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so… — Suzanne Collins
There’s something about seeing an adult you knew in childhood that makes them marginally vulnerable to you, and vice versa. There’s also something comforting in… — Vicki Pettersson
The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even know. They don't… — Neal Shusterman
There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided.… — Deb Caletti

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