Tender

Famous quotes containing the word tender:

“Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone,
And a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.”
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931)

“She gave up beauty in her tender youth,
Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;
She covered up her eyes lest they should gaze
On vanity, and chose the bitter truth.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)

“But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)