Softened Quotes

68 quotes by 63 authors

Love's absence ailed me. I could not imagine loving my husband. He was a superior and I did not know how to love and be… — Tehmina Durrani
The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a… — Joshua Reynolds
A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed… — Christian Nestell Bovee
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows. — Ovid
Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available in… — Sathya Sai Baba
A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the… — Mary Baker Eddy
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of… — Joseph Lancaster
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
But the close withdrew: the hand softened. It was over-- the moment. — Virginia Woolf
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. — Jodi Picoult
Comfort me from wherever you areâ€“alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem softened by you.… — Rainer Maria Rilke
How did you-" Fool your guards? They're not very good, the forgot to check the ceiling for spiders."Valek grinned. His angular face softened. — Maria V. Snyder
His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him. — Jack London
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister,… — Charles Dickens
His eyes softened. I thought maybe he pitied me, but it was something else. "Ultimately, it will be your burden to bear. It's always the… — Kami Garcia
The trainee knew he should leave, but he was unable to look away. He'd never seen anything snap out so fast or strike so hard… — J R Ward
It was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid… — Stephenie Meyer
Yes," Jace said, "I regret having disobeyed you." No! Clary thought, but her heart sank. Was he giving up, did he think it was the… — Cassandra Clare
In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings… — George Orwell
Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, under the star-speckled sky listening to… — Dean Koontz

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