Quotes about Tenderness

He kissed her because it came about quite naturally; he found sweetness sleeping still upon her lips, and felt that he had never been away.

He drew her very tenderly close and their lips met like starved hearts.

The feel of her head against his shoulder, of her familiar body, sent a shock of emotion over him. His arms holding her had a tendency to tighten around her.

He held her hand and she gave him such a look that he whispered her name aloud.

The present was the thing--work to do and someone to love. But not to love too much, for he knew the injury that a father can do to a daughter or a mother to a son by attaching them too closely: afterward, out in the world, the child would seek in the marriage partner the same blind tenderness and, failing probably to find it, turn against love and life

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

continuing to love with depth and tenderness honors revolution at its highest success.

The essence of love is kindness.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Michael took a cloth and dried her hair. When he finished, he pulled her close and cradled her in his arms. "Flesh of my flesh," he whispered against her hair. "Blood of my blood.

I promise you, I am not going to crush your spirit, Kate. Why would I, when that's what I love most about you? He kissed her forehead as though she were a child.