Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? - Bible
My heart aches. I wish it was me. If I can relieve the pain, I could probably handle it much better. I know I could, but to witness someone you love suffer is the most painful punishment. Love is a soothing balm for dying spirit. - Nikki Firefly
Trust is not an obsession, it's an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is balm to our souls. - Julie Lessman
the fragrance of pine resin is frankincense poured out—a balm of stars and snow and moonlit nights - John Geddes
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. - Jane Austen
Be just the balm you need to heal what ails you - Heather Davis
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, the death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast. - William Shakespeare
The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. - Sarah Fielding
She was smooth and beautiful under his rough, callused hands-an amorous balm to soothe the ugliness of war. - Madeline Martin