Tender Quotes

705 Tender quotes by 522 unique authors

There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start… — Anne Lamott
Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite.… — Sherwood Anderson
How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his… — William Blake
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart — Alexander Pope
â€¦for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into… — Louisa May Alcott
His gaze held hers, and his voice was tender and rough. â€œLove me, Elizabeth.â€ Elizabeth felt a tremor run through her entire body, but she… — Judith McNaught
good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The fire you rubbed left its brand on the most vulnerable, most vicious and tender point of my body. Now I have to pay for… — Vladimir Nabokov
Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender,… — Ivan Turgenev
I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I… — Galen Beckett
I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts. — Marilynne Robinson
A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing… — Elisabeth Elliot
He reached out and pushed some hair behind her ears. The gesture was tender, but it hit her with an unexpected force, like when you're… — Sarah Addison Allen
After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now,… — Jerome K. Jerome
To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly… — Louisa May Alcott
The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. — Maya Angelou
But there were moments when she played songs that made you wonder where she learned them, where indeed she came from. Harsh-tender wandering tunes with… — Truman Capote
He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender. — Gabrielle Zevin
If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I am going to grab the nearest ghostwritten… — David Levithan
And even if these scenes from our youth were given back to us we would hardly know what to do. The tender, secret influence that… — Erich Maria Remarque

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