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"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."
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"The Luidaeg sighed and put her arms around me, pulling me close. 'Come here,' she said. 'I need to hold someone, and you need to be held. It's a fair trade. Just for a little while, and then we can go on being what we are.' I thought about objecting, but dismissed the idea and nestled against her, enjoying the feeling of security given by knowing someone bigger and stronger than I was would stop anything from hurting me. That's all childhood is, after all: strong arms to hold back the dark, a story to keep the shadows dancing, and a candle to mark the long journey into day. A song to keep the flights of angels at bay. How many miles to Babylon? Sorry. I don't care."
"We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy."
"Comfort is not a goal that I seek, rather it is a place that I hide."
"I felt sad.I felt cold.I felt hurt.I felt forsaken and lonely.I felt doubtful and hesitant.I felt scared and deeply worried. I felt different, unknown, and unwelcome.I felt empty and woefully neglected.I felt weak and intimidated.I felt withdrawn and shy.I felt utterly hopeless.Then you held my hand, and I felt better."
"A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable."
"No matter the life-shattering circumstance that delivers the devastating blow to our spirit, God is bigger. He is faithful and unchanging, merciful and consistent with His offer to us, that through it all, we will be comforted, we will be loved, we will be HELD."
"But with Dimitri, I never felt like I had to be anything more what I already was. I didn't have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be completely comfortable in each other's presence.."
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"I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs."
"I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically."
"I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love."
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."
"I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago."
"I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me."
"There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring."
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