They Touch Quotes

49 quotes by 48 authors

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch. — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky. — Henry Ward Beecher
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. — William Cowper
Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents… — John Muir
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first… — Tom Wolfe
Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched. — Helen Fisher
There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/ of a woman's… — Natasha Trethewey
The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms… — Dave Eggers
...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children… — Sherman Alexie
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.... Through words and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki — Tamora Pierce
You know what it's like. Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train… — Marian Keyes
Objects should not touch because they are not alive. You use them, put them back in place, you live among them: they are useful, nothing… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch. — Scott Westerfeld
Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance, and one of teaching's great rewards is the daily chance it gives us to get… — Parker J. Palmer
Axiom: you are a sea. Your eye- lids curve over chaos My hands where they touch you, create small inhabited islands soon you will be… — Margaret Atwood
I'm gone, lost, floating away into nothingness like I am in my dream, but this time it's a good feeling - like soaring, like being… — Lauren Oliver
I donâ€™t. I donâ€™t want anybody else to touch you. Iâ€™m silly. I get furious if they touch you. — Ernest Hemingway
The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet. — Matt Cohler

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