Soothed Quotes
43 quotes by 39 authors
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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
— John Burroughs
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The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very…
— Samuel Johnson
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Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which those who may…
— James Boswell
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I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because…
— Cyril Connolly
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When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God,…
— Charles Spurgeon
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The eye can travel over the surface in a way parallel to the way it moves over nature. It should feel caressed and soothed, experience…
— Bridget Riley
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I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt the fruit of…
— Jules Ladoumegue
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For listening to the stories of others ... is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough,…
— Mark Nepo
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Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns…
— Aeschylus
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At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon her bosom, and…
— Charles Dickens
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"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because their love is…
— Carlos Castaneda
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How beautiful to have the church always open, so that every tired wayfaring man may come in and be soothed by all that art can…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to…
— William C. Bryant
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Have you ever stopped to consider the power of words? Through mere words, wars have started and ended. Tender feelings have been hurt and soothed.…
— Randall Wright
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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.
— Nicholson Baker
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Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
— George Eliot
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I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael…
— Mark Twain
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It seems that the ancient Medicine Men understood that listening to another's story somehow gives us the strength of example to carry on, as well…
— Mark Nepo
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I finally understood that no matter what I did, or who I found, I-he-none of us-would ever be able to win over the memories she…
— Nicole Krauss
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Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast…
— Anne Lamott
Who Wrote These Soothed Quotes
39 authors contributed a total of 43 Soothed Quotes, led by these top contributors: