Quotes for All
There are some people that we know all our lives and yet never really feel we know them at all. But there are other people—” Unable to resist the temptation, he ran a feather-light caress down the curve of her cheek with one leather-sheathed knuckle. The cobalt depths of her eyes flickered with response, but … Read more
If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it’s possible … to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe. Euripides
An artist… must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living. Eric Maisel
I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes. Emo Philips
Mother Liberty caresses with generous affections…[those] who, armed with the weapons of high-minded honesty,…have grasped that the freedom of each is rooted in the freedom of all. Emma Goldman
For this is wisdom- to love and live To take what fate or the Gods may give, To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion’s ebb as we greet its flow, To have and to hold, and, in time–let go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Then stay with me a little longer,’ Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress. Edith Wharton
He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied. Edith Wharton
No one to love, none to caress, Left all alone in this world’s wilderness. Frank Norris
I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she passes from the salon to the housetop. When we caress her, she stretches herself and arches her back responsively; but this is because she feels an agreeable sensation, not because … Read more