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Quotes About Touch

I could have held his hand.
~ Justin Cronin
That" — Jacob took my hand in his and squeezed — "that would be ideal." He didn't let go. Neither did I.
~ Justina Chen
The pressure of his touch through my jacket and my sweater was more assurance than any promise ever made to me. It was a touch that said, I have your back and I am here for you. If a girl wasn't careful, she could fall in love with a touch like that.
~ Justina Chen Headley
Prayer is waiting before Him and meditating long enough in His presence until our hearts are touched and moved with His concerns and burdens, so that we become channels for Him to work through.
~ K.P. Yohannan
i had never felt more at home here, here where the stars shone so brightly and the breeze felt like a lover's touch.
~ Kailin Gow
I can see that Drew is trying to be strong and not show any emotion, and I want to comfort him, so I let him hold me. The problem with doing that, of course, is that he's Drew. He only knows one way to interpret that kind of touch.", Loving Summer by Kailin Gow
~ Kailin Gow
His fingers bent forward at the topmost joint pushing down against the tips of my nails, and his thumb rested lightly against the mole on my index finger. i thought of mosques and churches and prayer mats. Hands clasped together; one hand resting atop the other; fingers interlocked to mime a steeple. What sacred power is invested in hands? This is not to say I was having pious thoughts.
~ Kamila Shamsie
barriers made of metal could turn fluid when touched simultaneously by people on either side...
~ Kamila Shamsie
Konrad had been right to say barriers were made of metal that could turn fluid when touched simultaneously by people on either side.
~ Kamila Shamsie
I'm acting a little crazy, aren't I?" she said. "I'm sorry. Please bear with me. Please." She rested the back of her hand against his cheek, a touch he'd never had from her before
~ Kamila Shamsie
Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.
~ Hill Harper
Those people who think they know the Gospel, and it doesn't have any meaning for them, they're the people we have to find a way to touch, to invite once again to the embrace of Christ.
~ Donald Wuerl
The real issues I don't think most people touch. The Clinton jokes are all about Monica Lewinsky and all that stuff and not about the important things, like the fact that he wouldn't ban landmines.
~ Tom Lehrer
Cauliflower Chowder SERVES 4 TO 6 VERJUICE, THE JUICE of unripe grapes now available in most gourmet grocers, adds a lovely touch to this velvety, mild chowder.
~ Francine Segan
The moment that a child can walk, like that in which it first can talk, is a precious start of exploration into landscapes of creation. Walking, walking, walking, walking, walking on the earth. By sense of touch the feet assess the nature of the wilderness of earth beneath; yet human speech cannot express what feet can teach. Walking, walking, walking, walking, walking on the earth.
~ Francis D. Hole
O world invisible, we view thee,O world intangible, we touch thee,O world unknowable, we know thee.
~ Francis Thompson
Imagine a world without shadows. You cannot touch a shadow, but a world without them is a hard world, and flat.
~ Franny Billingsley
Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least taken the time to touch my face.
~ Franny Billingsley
I turned my peeled-apple face to him. I'd make myself look at him. I owed him that. His touch lingered on my neck as though he'd left a handprint of melted light.
~ Franny Billingsley
Delve in! The year's before us; Spring's promise fills the air. Descendants of Antæus, The brown earth's touch can free us, Renew us and restore us, From the hand o' carking care.
~ Frederick Frye Rockwell
Love is blind. That is why he always proceeds by the sense of touch.
~ French proverb
It wasn't about opening her mind, it was about closing down the racket of thoughts and opening up her body. She was tingling and throbbing and hot, not so much from her desire specifically for rick, as from a very physical yearning for human touch, to be wanted and ravished by another person after such a long period without. His attention, his hunger, was the thrill; it was an ego massage which in itself was better than her breasts being fondled.
~ Freya North
I have to hold your hand to establish the connection," Cole said. "I bet you use that on all the girls," Violet replied. Cole noticed Harmony turning away to cover a laugh. Violet held out her hand. "Try not to fall in love," Cole said, gingerly touching a couple of her fingers.
~ Brandon Mull
Imagine jumping off a high building into a sea of marshmallows, then reaching out with a million arms to touch the entire world, while realizing that every emotion you've ever had is connected to every other emotion, and they're really one big emotion, like an emotion-whale that you can't completely see because you're up too close to notice anything other than a little bit of leathery emotion-whale skin. I
~ Brandon Sanderson