Comforting Archive

"If you could see the you that I see when I see you're seeing me, you'd see yourself so differently. Believe me."

"Gaze up at the stars knowing that I see the same sky and wish the same sweet dreams." - Elizabeth Barret Browning

All I want to do is help you to believe in you. - Amanda Marshall, "believe in you"

I'm full of shit, okay? No I'm... I'm knowingly full of shit. Because, uh... because uh, uh... I have... I have never cared about anybody or anything in my entire life. And the thing is, everybody just kind of accepted that. Like, 'That's just Jamie.' And then you!... Jesus. You. You. You didn't see me that way. I have never known anyone who actually believed that I was enough. Until I met you. And then you made me believe it, too. So, uh... unfortunately... I need you. And you need me. - Love and Other Drugs

“A letter is a lot like going through the back door when the press is right out front.  It’s just easier than confrontation.  But, mostly it’s steady.  It can be written in a corner where nobody will know the wiser, where you can’t see my knees shake or my forced smile as I tell you [...]

“Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once, just once, understand.” – Sarah Otto

“You’ll never be a nobody, because you’ll always be a somebody to me.”

“The best thing to hold onto in this world is each other.” – Linda Ellerbee

“One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.” – Gail Godwin

“‘Friends are great. But friends are not going to be here on a night when you’re coughing and can’t sleep and someone has to sit up all night with you, comfort you, try to be helpful.’” – Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom