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I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
by Edward Gibbon (Historian, English , born in 1737) keywords: being, desire, female, friendship, happiness, her, inflamed, our, passion, possession, prefers, rest, seeks, sex, single, sole, supreme, tenderness, understand, union , which There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days that are the good flesh continuing. Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings, saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.
by Robert Hass (Poet, American , born in 1941) keywords: afternoons, blackberry, body, continuing, days, evenings, flesh, good, moments, saying, such, tenderness, those , words Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
by Alfred Hitchcock (Director, English , born in 1899) keywords: been, domestic, exquisite, homey, kitchen, most, murders, our, performed, places, simple, some, table , tenderness The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
by Victor Hugo (Author, French , born in 1802) keywords: almost, becomes, insupportable, love, most, powerful, symptom, tenderness, times , which There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
by William James (Philosopher, American , born in 1842) keywords: affinity, between, companionship, joyousness, life, need, occasion, organic, surprise, tenderness, their , way Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
by Rollo May (Psychologist, American , born in 1909) keywords: care, does, human, matter, something, source, state, tenderness , which A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
by H. L. Mencken (Writer, American , born in 1880) keywords: after, always, begins, bunch, first, his, love, man, remembers, special, tenderness , them When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
by Louis Pasteur (Scientist, French , born in 1822) keywords: approach, become, child, inspires, may, respect, sentiments, tenderness , two Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
by Thomas de Quincey (Author, English , born in 1785) keywords: am, amongst, ashamed, breathing, cows, creatures, deep, deprived, gentlest, love, more, none, passionate, profess, quiet, short, show, tenderness, their, them, these , young Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: frequently, nothing, own, quiet, regard, reputation, tenderness, their, virtue , women What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
by Salman Rushdie (Novelist, Indian , born in 1947) keywords: artist, distinguishes, first, great, imagination, industry, second, sensibility, tenderness, their, third , weak If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
by Sally Struthers (Actor, American , born in 1948) keywords: acceptable, chopping, forbid, gets, god, kissing, man, more, off, only, pictured, rating, tenderness, than, violence, why , woman Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
by Henny Youngman (Comedian, American , born in 1906) topics: Marriage keywords: affection, come, give, home, house, know, little, love, means, night, tenderness, woman , wrong
