Deeper Quote by Michel Houellebecq

Tenderness is the repose of Passion.

— Anonymous

Tenderness is the rest of passion.

— Joseph Joubert

Tenderness is a virtue.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.

— Marlene Dietrich

Tenderness is the infancy of love.

— Antoine Rivarol

Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse.

— William Godwin

“Tenderness can be born only of respect for individualities. Tenderness builds its nest in little things, in the absurdities of a face, in personal…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.

— Therese of Lisieux

“What the boy felt was something pure, something gentle, something that predates sex or sensual fulfillment. It was the simple desire to reach out…

— Michel Houellebecq

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

— Victor Hugo

You have a different kind of tenderness for everybody you know.

— Allan Gurganus

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness.

— William James