Quote by Pablo Neruda

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

— Herta Müller

“Tenderness is a tough spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“You think it begins to diminish with time, the pain, then it comes back and hits you with a rawness and freshness you had…

— William Boyd

“He had a reservoir of tolerance for pain. Finite, though. Pain would empty it, eventually.”

— Glen Duncan

“Every single part of me ached, sort of like the universe was exploding inside my skull, or like my body was tearing itself apart…

— Jess Rothenberg

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

— Tayo Emmanuel

“Pain has a way of marinating, sometimes you don’t feel the full force of it until much, much later.”

— Izzy Sweet

“I want to stay in this moment, suspended forever. I don’t know yet that this tenderness between us will be impossible by the end.…

— Heather Demetrios

“Tenderness relieves strength that encumbers.”

— Toba Beta

“I feel brittle, like I’m made of glass and all of my cracks are beginning to show.”

— Amy A. Bartol

“The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way.”

— Mia P

“I can show you the union of pleasure and pain. I can make your body feel things you never imagined.”

— Roxy Sloane