Fast Quote by Durga Chew-Bose

“Sometimes things acquire a tenderness, a monstrous tenderness we don’t expect from them.”

— Herta Müller

“Tenderness is a tough spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Tenderness relieves strength that encumbers.”

— Toba Beta

“Until we say the truth, there can be no tenderness. As long as there is desire, we will not be safe”

— Tony Hoagland

“I stay where I am for just one second longer, for one second reveling in the feeling of being held, touched with tenderness, even…

— Cindy Bennett

“A woman's true tenderness, like the true virility of man, is expressed in action of a conquering kind.”

— Joseph Conrad

“…—We have not all, you know, the same tenderness of disposition…”

— Jane Austen

“It's your body, we'll go slow if you want or as hard as you want.”

— Kim Karr

“Sometimes, we get so used to pain we begin to enjoy it, then we do all we can to prolong it.”

— Tayo Emmanuel

“It seems to me there is always pain—or at least discomfort—involved in getting really good at something.”

— Erika Andersen

“And she realized that this is true. Pain has somehow transformed into pleasure, and that pleasure is better than any pain could ever be.”

— Julia Hoban

“You speak to me with the same sweet tenderness. We go to the same hang outs in our sleepy town. Your lips are the…

— Liz Newman