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Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing... by A. A. Milne

Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.

A. A. Milne
robins comforting friendship
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. by Aesop

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Aesop
you-make-me-happy comforting happiness

The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.

Alan Moore
banking comforting believe

We apply the language that is comforting and comfortable and familiar in order to grasp that which confuses and scares us. That is the first step toward cliché and stereotype, as they're comforting devices. They reduce the confusing world to the already familiar. We're always smoothing out the bumps of actual living to turn it into narratable life.

Aleksandar Hemon
confusing comforting order
The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting. by Alexandra Stoddard

The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting.

Alexandra Stoddard
house comforting rooms

In this deeply nuanced portrait of an American family, Bret Anthony Johnston fearlessly explores the truth behind a mythic happy ending. In Remember Me Like This, Johnston presents an incisive dismantling of an all-too-comforting fallacy: that in being found we are no longer lost.

Alice Sebold
portraits comforting remember

It’s just very homey in Ireland. It’s very comforting and comfortable. There’s lots of fireplaces with fires. It’s just really cozy.

Amy Adams
cozy fire comforting

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

Amy Grant
things-in-life christian comforting

There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.

Andrew Bird
practice comforting rooms

I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.

Andrew Solomon
differences comforting people

[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood.

Angela Carter
childhood alcohol comforting

I sighed. 'It's hard. You're the only one who listens to what I have to say.' Longshot dropped a gentle, comforting arm around my shoulders. 'Then speak louder, girl. Don't let them put out your spark.

Ann Aguirre
arms girl comforting

I was just disciplined. I knew I had to get back into shape after six weeks for the film Goal II, but I cheated in the end - I wore a corset. I loved my pregnancy, I blossomed. I felt goddess-like and very secure. I found it comforting to have a little thing growing inside me, and very calming.

Anna Friel
goal comforting pregnancy

You can get rid of the column. It's a little like staying at a hotel; you get used to the shape of the room, and then you're gone. With a novel you move into town and stay for a long time. That's both comforting and terrifying.

Anna Quindlen
comforting long moving
Greasy food is so comforting when you are hungover. by Anne Lamott

Greasy food is so comforting when you are hungover.

Anne Lamott
comforting
I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comfor... by Anthony Bourdain

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

Anthony Bourdain
guy new-york comforting

I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world.

Barack Obama
agents god comforting

I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.

Berkeley Breathed
cynical heart comforting

There is something feeble, and a little contemptible, about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought, and he therefore cannot carry his own reflection to any logical conclusion.

Bertrand Russell
comforting men believe

Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales.

Bertrand Russell
support wish comforting
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