Touch Quotes

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Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done, Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place And touch but tombs,--look up!… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,--… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands. — Unknown Author
The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty… — Helen Keller
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
There is a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride, beyond mere skill, almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which… — Joseph Conrad
It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. — William Stafford
Writing poetry, we live among the wild beasts, and when we touch a man, the stuff of someone in whom we believed, and he goes… — Pablo Neruda
Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but… — Stephen Leacock
Art is a little bit larger than life - it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness. — Laurence Olivier
The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men… — Colin Powell
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical. — Henrik Ibsen
I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow. — Vincent Van Gogh
We camouflage our true being before others to protect ourselves against criticism or rejection. This protection comes at a steep price... we are misunderstood. When… — Sidney Jourard
Touch a university with hostile hands and the blood you draw is prompt, copious, and real. — Diana Trilling
Quoth the Ocean, "Dawn! O fairest, clearest, Touch me with thy golden fingers bland; For I have no smile till thou appearest For the lovely… — Jean Ingelow
Be selective about your external influences. Your multi-dimensional brain is influenced by everything you see, hear, read, smell, touch, feel or say. — Brian Tracy
The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or the gush That… — John Gardiner Calkins Brainard
I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown… — Ingmar Bergman

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