comforting quotes

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.