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Tenderness Quotes


"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."


"Mother belonged to a realm of other creatures: smaller, lighter, more easily blown away."


"Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness."


"I do know that I don't want to wake him.We were up very late last night."


"No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch.""Good," Sanjit said."Good? Why good?""Because when you hold my hand, I don't want it to be work for you."


"You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy."
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