#tenderness

People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness. ↗

— Meg Wolitzer

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#eaten #emotion #food #life #meal

This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender... ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

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#love #tenderness #the-lake #touch #love

You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose. ↗

— Melody Beattie

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#love #tenderness #love