Terry Pratchett Quotes

You need somebody just to say, 'Hey, I'm here for you. Do you need anything?' If you can get somebody like that, you can make it, no question about it. You can make it.

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.

If there's anything I can do- I know there probably isn't, but..." Just be here

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

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

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

People call me and they want talk, they need to get something off their mind, I got all the time in the world for them.

'Waterfalls' spoke to so many people at a time where people needed to feel like somebody was on their side.

I'm all about showing up for my friends, especially when they need me the most.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

But come. No explaining or mending. Be beside me somewhere.

Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.

Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.

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

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don't think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, 'I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure this works out.'

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

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

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

But when they needed love or help or had a problem of any kind, they could always go to Roselle because she was always there for them. That was not always the case with me.

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.

I know what it takes to be a good boyfriend. Time, first and foremost. To be there for someone and be involved in their life.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

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.

When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.