Whatever softness I had was reserved for animals, whose suffering I could alleviate in small ways.
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Quotes tagged ‘tenderness’
But sometimes you find tenderness in the last place you'd expect. And that's really all any of us needs to survive, a little tenderness at the right moment.
But no matter how mad I’ve been, I never for one second stopped wanting you here with me.
From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?
Being together is the miracle, being together and caring. Sleeping together, feet touching, legs touching. Being asleep and together
And I caught up to him [John F. Kennedy] in the capitol and, oh, I was just so proud of him. And there's a picture where I have my hand on his chin and, you know, he's just looking at me and there really were tears in his eyes. And suddenly a flash came, cos I didn't think there was anyone there, an…
You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.
she is learning to take tenderness from the atmosphere.
there is a forbidden drawer in my nightstand but instead of handcuffs, there’s kisses. and caresses. and soft, soft hands.