Nature Quote by Oscar Wilde

“A yearning stirred in him that was not sexual but a kind of reaching toward her simplicity of form. He”

— Elizabeth Strout

“Indeed, the exigencies of female tenderness are such as virtually to guarantee the man's absolution by the woman--not on her terms, but on his.…

— Sandra Lee Bartky

“she was as unused to seeing tenderness in a man's eyes as she was to being caught off guard. Admiration? Amusement? Yes. Even desire.…

— Connie Brockway

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

— Joseph Conrad

“His passion she had expected, even his expertise, for a man of his years would not have been without women. She had even, in…

— Ruth Wind

“It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men’s dispositions. I suppose he has some test by which…

— George Eliot

“But it seemed to him that there should be a difference in his attitude. All the distress that he had ever known, the sorrow…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“There was an aura about him that was staggering to her, making it difficult to think. It wasn't mere male heat and sensuality. It…

— Kresley Cole

“He was ridiculously handsome, tall, lean yet solid with muscle. Politely immoral, indifferent to censure. As if he knew he was irresistible in all…

— C.C. Gibbs

“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a…

— Brenda Novak

“Masculine desire is as much an offence as it is a compliment; in so far as she feels herself responsible for her charm, or…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“He managed to make his request with the minimum of time given to speculating what she looked like naked, forgiving himself for the instant…

— Elizabeth George