Approach Quote by William Shenstone

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections, as leaves are to the life of trees. If…

— Gaby

I am fully and intensely aware that plants are conscious of love and respond to it as they do to nothing else.

— Celia Thaxter

Don't you see? A flower can't prick its finger. -Flora

— Sleeping Beauty

Deference and intimacy live far apart.

— Moliere

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree.…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Women are so gentle, so affectionate, so true in sorrow, so untired and untiring! but the leaf withers not sooner, and tropic light fades…

— Bryan Procter

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

— Peter Zumthor

“Intimacy needs time to mature—a shared history, tears shed, obstacles overcome, photographs in an album. It’s a slow-growing plant.”

— Isabel Allende

I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass…

— Helen Keller

I'm always touching plants and vibing with them.

— Gza

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

— William James

Touch is the magic wand of intimacy. Love is keeping in touch.

— Denis Waitley