Sylvia Plath
Poet, Novelist
"It is so much safer not to feel, not to let the world touch me."
Touch Me quotes
Touch Me
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Vladimir Nabokov
Novelist
"Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me."
James Brown
Singer, Musician
"When you touch me, good God."
Henry Rollins
Musician, Writer, Actor
"As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more."
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"Don't touch me, I'm full of snakes."
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"Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: 'One must not hide that!' Then someone tells you: 'The shoulder is on the back'. I have never seen women with shoulders on their backs."
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"Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me."
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"Don't you ever touch me. Don't ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead."
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"To lead, you must touch men's hearts."
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"Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text."
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"Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want."
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"Touch, touch, touch, touch me love, I'm shaking inside."
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"though he does not touch me, he steadies me."
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