“There is a friend who sits with you right here—in this place.”
Source: The Tale of The Little Black Cloud: A Heartfelt Children's Sadness Book on Friendship, Healing, and Emotional Resilience
“I’m not sure how far he wandered; he wasn’t sure, either.
It’s hard to pay attention to your surroundings when your mind is veiled with dysphoria.”
Source: Children of Dysphoria: Book One Fall of Haven
“She had noted, as a small smile graced her, that perhaps Kyun-ho’s life was laced with the same kind of tragedies that adorned her own.
And this is what prompted her to stay, despite all the warnings from the world around her that told her she shouldn’t.”
Source: Children of Dysphoria: Book One Fall of Haven
“Don't worry, I'm shielding you. When we crashed here and it first attacked me, I was caught with my mental trousers down. Not anymore. Psychic force field's intact. Belts and braces. Braces, by the way, are very cool.”
Source: Doctor Who: Dead of Winter
“A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites.”
“He was comfortable in any social situation: garden party or cage fighting contest, it was all the same to Vid, it was all interesting.”
Source: Truly Madly Guilty
“Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the world, so that we can be there as much as possible for other people, is a very worthy way to spend a human life.”
Source: Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
“End your day with a cozy blanket,
a cup of tea, and a good book,
letting the words whisk you away to distant lands or familiar comforts.”
“'The fact is,' I said, 'that you're unable, or unwilling, to believe in the fact that I believe in you.'”
Source: The Left Hand of Darkness
“we developed a firm, practical feeling of solidarity, which grew, on the battlefield, into the best thing that the war produced - comradeship in arms.”
Source: All quiet on the western front