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Touching Quotes - Page 2

I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.

"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955)". "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction". Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.

As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.

"Natural History". Book by Pliny the Elder, Book XV, Chapter 13. Holland's translation; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 591,

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.67, Copper Canyon Press

The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

John D MacDonald (2013). “Bright Orange for the Shroud: Introduction by Lee Child: Travis McGee”, p.5, Random House

Line dancing is as sinful as any other type of dancing, with its sexual gestures and touching. It is an incitement to lust.

"Paisley to quit as first minister and DUP leader" by Henry McDonald, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2008.

Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.

"Frank Talk From Carine Roitfeld" by Ruth La Ferla, runway.blogs.nytimes.com. November 6, 2012.