"Only if one loves this earth with unbending passion can one relieve one's sadness," don Juan said. "Warriors are always joyful because… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
In old age the consolation of hope is reserved for the tenderness of parents, who commence a new life in their children,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
She regretted having taken his hand, she wanted to get away from there as soon as possible, to hide her shame, never… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers—shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle—to witness that even… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
In the dance, one finds the cinema, the comic strips, the Olympic hundred meters and swimming, and what's more, poetry, love and… — Maurice Bejart Copy Share Image
The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I loathe the urchin's cruelty to the cat, but I will not loathe the urchin. I loathe Hitler's mass-torturing, but not Hitler;… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Do you see that I cherish you beyond question, that you have nothing to prove to me? You are making your journey… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
...I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
When I am feeling depressed and anxious sullen all you have to do is take off your clothes and all is wiped… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing. — Randolf S Bourne Copy Share Image
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. — Marlene Dietrich Copy Share Image
she kissed him with all the aching longing that being this close to him evoked; she kissed him in all the ways… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
People are mostly layers of violence and tenderness wrapped like bulbs, and it is difficult to say what makes them onions or… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“It isn’t violence that can break through our hearts. It isn’t force that binds us and keeps us together. Only tenderness has… — Jocelyn Soriano Copy Share Image
“And then I remember this morning and I wonder if it really happened or if I dreamed it. It was nice. And… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Tenderness is total love, whereas justice is only a part of love, though it believes itself, mistakenly, to be the whole. — Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz Copy Share Image
