Quote#Kindness
Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a…
Quote byDinah Craik · 1826–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Life for a Life (1859), Ch. 16.
English (original)
Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
— Dinah Craik
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