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Nina Campbell Interior Designer, Author
Comfort

"A stylish throw. A good quality throw can last a lifetime and adds a dash of color and pattern as well as comfort and a homey quality."

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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician
Comfort

"But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!"

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Jane Austen Novelist
Comfort

"I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I should buy a little land and build one myself, within a short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me and be happy. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage."

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John Dean Politician
Comfort

"Donald Trump hasn't blown us up yet. But he terrifies me. For one thing, the incompetence. He doesn't have any real understanding of how the presidency works or even how Washington works. The only comfort I have is that he is so imcompetent that he can't do anything to cause a real problem."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
Comfort

"Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls."

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Pema Chodron Buddhist Teacher, Author
Comfort

"Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort."

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"I don't know much about death and the sorriest lesson I've learned is that words, my most trusted guardians against chaos, offer small comfort in the face of anyone's dying."

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Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist
Comfort

"If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could."

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
Comfort

"Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Comfort

"Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Comfort

"Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection."

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