Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"One must endure without losing tenderness."
Tenderness quotes
Tenderness
28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marlene Dietrich
Actress, Singer
"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting."
William James
Philosopher, Psychologist
"There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness."
Woody Allen
Director, Actor, Writer
"Some women feel power is important, some women feel that looks are important, tenderness, intelligence...but sense of humor seems to permeate all of them."
Joseph Joubert
Essayist, Moralist
"Tenderness is the rest of passion."
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"Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . ."
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"Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness."
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"All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman."
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