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| Det är inte riktigt att betrakta ömheten som en kärlekens förrätt. Nej, ömheten är den krydda som sätter smak på huvudrätten. | Françoise Sagan (1935-) |
| What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness | Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) |
| 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. | Henry Youngman (1906-1998) |
| Tenderness is the repose of Passion | Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) |
| What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry. | Salman Rushdie (1947-) |
| [Her] love and tenderness gave me the faith in love that enabled me to face my dead at last and write this play-write it with deep pity and understanding and forgiveness for all the four haunted Tyrones. | Eugene O'Neill |
| When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell. | John Dryden (1631-1700) |
| A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength. | Marjorie Holmes |
| The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. | Maya Angelou (1928-) |
| In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast | Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) |
| Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present. | John Lubbock, Sr. |
| Tenderness is a virtue. | Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) |