Caress Quotes

137 Caress quotes by 119 unique authors

For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give… — Nan Goldin
May an elephant caress you with his toes — Unknown Author
I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites,… — Jean-Paul Sartre
The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone… — Charles Darwin
It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A fat lot of good it would do if I told you that Titian's courtesans make you want to caress them. Some day you'll see… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living. — Eric Maisel
People who pray stand receptive before the world. They no longer grab but caress, they no longer bite but kiss, they no longer examine but… — Henri Nouwen
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs… — Andre Gide
Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for… — Andre Gide
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving… — Alphonsus Liguori
Caress the detail, the divine detail. — Vladimir Nabokov
I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she… — Emo Philips
The leaves streamed down, trembling in the sun. They were not green, only a few, scattered through the torrent, stood out in single drops of… — Ayn Rand
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even… — Khalil Gibran
I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chains - I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs.… — Rudyard Kipling
Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses of… — Germaine Greer
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short… — Alice Walker
When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of… — Julia Kristeva
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the… — Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the… — Edith Wharton
Every conversation, every cuddle, aver kiss and caress, even every disagreement, adds another brushstroke to the picture of home you paint with the days and… — Thomas Kinkade
So to the wretched writer I should like to say that there’s one body only whose request for your caresses is not vulgar, is not… — William H. Gass

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