Langston Hughes Quotes

Nothing is so healing as the human touch.

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.

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

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

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

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

When you are in the midst of suffering you are looking for someone to be Jesus to you. You are looking for someone to love you and help take care of you, and reach out to you.

I want everyone to know there is always someone there for you.

I can use all the hugs I can get.

Social support is everything.

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.

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.'

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

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

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.

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.

We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

There are widows who long for friendly voices and that spirit of anxious concern which speaks of love.

The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

I'm interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child.