And down I went to fetch my bride:
But, Alice, you were ill at ease;
This dress and that by turns you tried,
Too fearful that you should not please.
I loved you better for your fears,
I knew you could not look but well;
And dews, that would have fall'n in tears,
I kiss'd away before they fell.
Tags: tears comfort wedding fears self-consciousness dresses
What was the point in crying when there was no one to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?
Cassandra ClareShe was dry. She was lying on something soft. She was wrapped in quilts. There was a star of light drifting above her, and a smell like a herb garden. Taggle was a long warmth stretched out at one side, his chin in her hand, his tail curled over her neck. She thought they might be in heaven.
Taggle farted.
Plain Kate coughed and sneezed. And then she really was awake.
Tags: comfort sleepy comfortable flatulence rude-awakening
A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."
[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]
Tags: libraries reading books encouragement comfort company solace
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.
Jack CampbellTags: patience mourning comfort trials light-dark
Love shouldn't be comfortable.
Connie BrockwayHave some more tea, dear," Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. "I always find that helps.
Beth PattilloTags: humor tea comfort beverage
It's like one of those scenes from a feel-good Hollywood movie. Where everybody is happy and nobody's hair fizzes in the wind. Where it doesn't rain, your shoes stay comfortable all day, and everybody's jokes are funny.
Randa Abdel-FattahTags: friends happy comfort feel-good
George's hand lifted and fell away again. It seemed an insult to imply that anything so small as a touch could stop the raw feeling in Sir Stephen's suddenly dark and haunted eyes.
Mette Ivie HarrisonTags: hesitation sympathy comfort embarrassment undone
Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
E.M. ForsterTags: science advice sympathy comfort
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