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“Sometimes the presence of a happy moment, one that won't fade, is all the comfort we need.”
“He'd read once that in everyone's life there was somebody who touched a spot so deep, so precious, that the mind always retreated, in time of need, to that cherished place, seeking comfort within m...”
“True love takes time. Its an earned comfort that tells you shell be right there beside you no matter what you do, not necessarily happy with your every action, but faithful to you just the same.”
“It was a huge comfort to have a person who'd keep you honest with yourself and who also gave you safe harbour.”
“It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfilling to work hard, overcome slothfulness and challenges with tenacity and achieve your aim when you ...”
“The fact is, I love to feed other people. I love their pleasure, their comfort, their delight in being cared for. Cooking gives me the means to make other people feel better, which in a very simple...”
“Never say that anything is hopeless, Tristal, until it has irreparably failed. And always remember that Elamm may perform any action, though it may seem impossible to you.”
“Sitting on the porch alone, listening to them fixing supper, he felt again the indignation he had felt before, the sense of loss and the aloneness, the utter defenselessness that was each man's lot...”
“Many a one has been comforted in their sorrow by seeing a good dish come upon the table.”
“The proper way is lost to me; my compass spins. I therefore give my entire attention to those works that seem to me most incorruptible: the application of heat, the proportion of seasoning, the arr...”
“But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.”
“If my journey was so easy, I would have missed out on life's invaluable lessons. From misery I learnt to comfort those in tears, from lack I learnt to give to the needy; from uncertainty I learnt t...”
“We fall back into silence. I look around XO Caf and notice that chatter happens mostly at tables where the diners are young and hip. The older couples, the ones sporting wedding bands that wink wit...”
“I had dedicated my life to words. But sometimes, words are not needed.”
“He felt the comfort of being part of an eternal cycle symbolized by the gold strips on either side of the black mourning band he wore. Light, dark, light. The dark was just an interval.”
“Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the...”
“In her focus on personal comfort, she had forgotten about eternal values.”
“There is no balm in Gilead, but there is balm in God. There is no physician among the creatures, but the Creator is Jehovah-rophi.”
“May you find comfort by reading and mediation on Gods word.”
