Bending Quote by Richard Glover

Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.

— Samuel Johnson

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

— Neal A. Maxwell

“Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of sunbeams. Press the soft blossoms against your cheek, and finger their graces of form, their…

— Helen Keller

Human touch is comforting, it offers reassurance and it communicates more than words could ever do.

— Ulrika Jonsson

“All will grow dark again. And it is without excessive sorrow that I see us again as we are, namely to be removed grain…

— Samuel Beckett

On the unconscious level, touch seems to impart a subliminal sense of caring and connection.

— Leonard Mlodinow

“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. The”

— Fanny Burney

“Touch is a magical thing, Natti,” he explained. “It can comfort.” He raised one hand and stroked her cheek, soft and gentle. “It can…

— Kelsey Ketch

“Researchers are learning that a change in mind-set has the power to alter neurochemistry. Belief and expectation—the key elements of hope—can block pain by…

— Jerome Groopman

Gently touching with the charm of poetry.

— Lucretius

“Touch had always saved them in the past. No matter the anger or hurt, no matter the depth of the aloneness, a touch, even…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its story. It…

— Geneen Roth