Best Soothing Words
170 Soothing quotes by 158 unique authors
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The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a…
— Winston Churchill
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Fishing in a bucket. The total hopelessness of the activity was very soothing. It was the perfect sport. Without the emotional stresses of success and…
— Hilary McKay
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When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and…
— Tamora Pierce
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We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for…
— Marcel Proust
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I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him…
— Aravind Adiga
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Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.
— Julius Lester
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Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.
— Dodie Smith
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I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked my neck and…
— Diana Gabaldon
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This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of idle chatter, and pour into…
— Seth Grahame-Smith
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No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech.…
— Diana Gabaldon
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[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing…
— Obert Skye
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She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.
— Milan Kundera
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He pulls me into his arms, his touch calm and soothing, but unable to erase the truth. "I have to go," he finally whispers. "But…
— Alyson Noel
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He reaches over a goat that's come between us and grabs my hand. "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while…
— Margaret Haddix
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Ice is most welcome in a cold drink on a hot day. But in the heart of winter, you want a warm hot mug with…
— Vera Nazarian
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But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece o time we call today.
— Suzanne Collins
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The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice. Yet had I…
— H.G. Wells
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Ka found it very soothing: for the first time in years, he felt part of a family. In spite of the trials and responsibilities of…
— Orhan Pamuk
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I am an ambassador," Akretenesh warned me, anger bringing his confidence back. "You cannot shoot." "I don't mean to," I reassured him, still smiling. I…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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The most important thing was that time had passed, pouring thousands of soothing seconds across the island. People need time to deal with the now…
— Terry Pratchett
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We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds…
— Alexandre Dumas
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My ego doesn't need soothing. I don't want him soothing anything of mine, including you.
— Ilona Andrews
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Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic--which was what all magic was--it was…
— Robin McKinley
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An event is not any more intrinsically intelligible or unintelligible because of the pace at which it moves. For a man who does not believe…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I turned over, and those big hands got to work on my back. I stifled a whimper in the pillow, because Marco's idea of a…
— Karen Chance
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158 authors contributed a total of 170 Soothing Quotes, led by these top contributors: