Spider Robinson Quotes

I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there.

It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

He shouldn't be alone at a time like this. This is a special time for me to be around as much as I can. He needs his family and his friends and his fans.

I'm lucky to have a great support system in my friends and some of my family. If you have those people that you trust, go ahead and fall back into them and let them be your hammock and cocoon and let them embrace you.

I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.

No one should be left to suffer alone.

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country.

There's a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you're alone in what you're going through, and none of us are alone. We're all going through the same thing.

I can use all the hugs I can get.

Knowing that you're not alone really does make all the difference in the world.

If I texted somebody that I was having a down day, in seconds I would have somebody either call me or show up at my door.

There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.

There's nothing like being hugged or held or just anything as simple as that.

You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.