"How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English Poet

Comfort, Earth

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"I love the magic of a hot bath, how time pauses and every grievance melts away."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Comfort, Happiness, Today, Truth, Wisdom

"There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Comfort, Trouble, Cure, Prayer

"I willed myself to stay awake, but the rain was so soft and the room was so warm and his voice was so deep and his knee was so snug that I slept."

Harper Lee, American Novelist

Comfort, Affection, Observation, Truth

"Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance."

Carew Papritz, American Author

Comfort, Pleasure, Relaxation, Happiness

"It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Comfort, Fall, Safety, Security

"Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Comfort, Love, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational

"On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, "I'm awful and hideous and incompetent and boring and utterly useless. And then you grinned at me and said, "That's okay."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Comfort, Love, Happiness, Life, Truth

"Bored with the upsetting realities of the day? Then leave yourself to the calming mysteries of the night!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Comfort, Safety, Night, Peace

"She was so light, he could hold her all night without a problem."

Cherise Sinclair, American Author

Comfort, Affection, Love, Observation, Joy

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"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

Death

"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."

Earth

"First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white."

Time

"And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can."

Inspirational

"Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?"

Life

"Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."

Love

"For tis not in mere death that men die most."

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"I love the magic of a hot bath, how time pauses and every grievance melts away."

"There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whiskey, and the Book of Common Prayer."

"I willed myself to stay awake, but the rain was so soft and the room was so warm and his voice was so deep and his knee was so snug that I slept."

"Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance."

"It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther."

"Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand."

"On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, "I'm awful and hideous and incompetent and boring and utterly useless. And then you grinned at me and said, "That's okay."

"Bored with the upsetting realities of the day? Then leave yourself to the calming mysteries of the night!"

"I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you."

"She was so light, he could hold her all night without a problem."

Explore more quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'"

"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."

"What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?"

"He said true things, but called them by wrong names."

"A woman is always younger than a man at equal years."

"First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white."

"And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can."

"Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?"

"Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."

"For tis not in mere death that men die most."