the comfort you feel when soothed in times of disappointment
Jess knew now that he would never be the best runner of the fourth and fifth grades, and his only consolation was that neither would Gary Fulcher. (Ch. 4, p. 37)
continuous contemplation on a subject of a deep nature
This year Ellie and Brenda both had boyfriends at the consolidated high school and the problem of what to give them and what to expect from them was cause of endless speculation and fights. (Ch. 6)