"Illusion is a comfortable garment thrown over an uncomfortable truth which, left too long covered, must rot."
–– Ann-Marie MacDonald (b. 1958), Canadian playwright, author, actress, and broadcast host
Source: Ann-Marie MacDonald. Fayne. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2022; p. 681.
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 33.
"Questioning takes the familiar and makes it mysterious again, thus removing the comfort of "knowing"."
–– Julia Brodsky, educator and education researcher based in the United States
Source: Jeff Karp. LIT: Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action. New York: William Morrow, 2024; p. 22.
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2024, p. 60.
"They had offered him comfort and shelter, even when he was afraid of taking them, and in accepting he had learned something new. It was as much a gift to receive as it was to give, requiring as it did both courage and humility."
–– Rachel Joyce (b. 1962), British writer
Source: Rachel Joyce. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Canada: Bond Street Books (Random House Canada), 2012; p. 201.
via: Commonplace Book, 2013-2014, 2014, p. 96.
"[B]eing exposed to more than what is available to you in your immediate sphere of life is an important variable in the equation of growth. To put it simply, you gotta "go to know." You've got to step outside of what is familiar to you because falling prey to comfort only prevents you from experiencing the fullness of life that different people, places, and languages have to offer."
–– Quincy Jones (b. 1933), American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.
Source: Quincy Jones. 12 Notes on Life and Creativity. New York: Abrams Image, 2022; p. 29.
via: Commonplace Book 2022, 2023, p. 121.
"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."
–– Anthony Robbins (b. 1960), American author and public speaker
Source: Daily Philosopher, Instagram, March 6, 2024.
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."
–– Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), British poet and critic
via: Sketchbook 25, 2015, p. 52.
"You have to be comfortable with uncertainty. You keep going and it becomes clear."
–– Sandra Brownlee (b. 1948), Canadian visual artist, educator, and winner of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2014
via: Sketchbook 23, 2014, p. 44.
"The desire of acquiring the comforts of the world haunts the imagination of the poor, and the dread of losing them that of the rich."
via: Sketchbook A, 2015, p. 20
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
–– Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), British clergyman, historian, and writer
via: Sketchbook 20, 2013, p. 89
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
–– Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist
via: Sketchbook 18, 2012, p. 38.
"The lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul."
–– Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-American writer and poet
via Sketchbook 11, 2010, p. 13
