Quotes by Comforting I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea. I ate several, and it seemed to me that they were rather sour that year. They pursed up my lips, till they resembled the stem-end of a tomato, and I had to take my sustenance through a quill for twenty-four hours. They sharpened my teeth till I could have shaved with them, and gave them a 'wire edge' that I was afraid would stay; but a citizen said 'no, it will come off when the enamel does' - which was comforting, at any rate. I found, afterward, that only strangers eat tamarinds - but they only eat them once. Mark Twain comforting years ideas For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray - that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy. And when the Last Day comes, we shall be judged from this, and on this basis we shall receive the eternal verdict. Mary Faustina Kowalska forgiveness forgiving comforting Something was comforting about strangers—it seemed like they would exist forever as the same, unknowable mass. Megan Boyle stranger forever comforting Sometimes Thomas Mackee will stick an earphone into my ear and ask me to listen to a song. When I get over the revulsion of putting something in my ear that's been in his, I sit back and let the music take over, and for a half hour there's something comforting about someone's heart beating at the same rhythm as mine. Melina Marchetta heart comforting song Discord says it's a good idea. That's comforting. Melissa Marr discord comforting ideas Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands. Mark Twain comforting trying hands The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! Michael Flanders purpose comforting jobs Nobody likes to see a body, but it's better than seeing a ghost. Bodies just make you doubt the world and the people in it. Ghosts make you doubt everything, and to doubt it in a part of the mind that has no words to answer the question, where the comforting promises you make yourself are neither believed nor even really understood. Michael Marshall Smith doubt comforting people The world clings to its old mental picture of the stock market because it’s comforting; because it’s so hard to draw a picture of what has replaced it; and because the few people able to draw it for you have no interest in doing so. Michael Lewis able comforting people The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable. Michael Ramsey duty church comforting I was sort of lazy at school, but I realize I still have something to bring to the subject which is comforting. I feel I am not as stupid as I thought I was. Michel Gondry stupid comforting school There's something so comforting to me about having a cup of tea, and it really needs to be made with love - I can taste the difference. Miranda Kerr differences tea comforting My ideal life is just lounging around the house and every once in a while I'll kind of write something, and then I'll leave and eat something and masturbate or whatever - just this very fluid life of comforting myself. Miranda July house writing comforting It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there. Mitch Albom said comforting thinking We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace. Mitch Albom comforting giving way I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to. Molly Ringwald bed writing comforting I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world. Natalie Imbruglia depressing comforting song The greatest admission a human can make is that perhaps he does not have the intelligence, the vision, the grasp to fully understand the universe, and that perhaps no human ever will. To put it all down to some omnipotent deity is a cop-out. Factor in fairy tales of an afterlife and it becomes a comforting cop-out. Neal Asher afterlife vision comforting Truth is often uncomfortable. It is only comforting to those who do not wish to ignore it. Then, truth becomes not only comforting, but inspiring. Neale Donald Walsch truth-is wish comforting When I’m singing “Deanna,” for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular person, which I find really comforting and exciting to sing about. Nick Cave comforting night lying «23456789101112»