Quotes about Support
The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.
— Edith Stein
Some one said the other day that there was a divorce and a case of appendicitis in every family one knows.
— Edith Wharton
The world] is not a pretty place; and the only way to keep a footing in it is to fight it on its own terms - and above all, my dear, not alone!
— Edith Wharton
But he would see clearer, breathe freer in her presence: she was at once the dead weight at his breast and the spar which should float them to safety.
— Edith Wharton
The only way I can help you is by loving you,' Selden said in a low voice.
— Edith Wharton
When your emotions feel muted or always low, when you are unable to experience the highs and lows you once did, the important question is not "How can I figure out what I have done wrong?" but it is, "Where do I turn—or, to whom do I turn—when I am depressed?" Some turn toward their beds and isolation; others turn toward other people. Some turn away from God; others turn toward him.
— Edward Welch
Even desperate people are slow to ask for help.
— Edward Welch
Knowing and being known—by design we enjoy human connections, and those connections are forged over time through normal interactions and questions that gradually ask for more. Such connections are the foundations for mutual help, and they are helpful in themselves since they are expressions of love.
— Edward Welch
Side by side is most suitable for helping.
— Edward Welch
Whatever our monument might be, we want it to be public, even if the public is one friend.
— Edward Welch
You can probably identify your friends' gifts rather quickly
— Edward Welch
In our attempts to help, we can overinterpret suffering.
— Edward Welch