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Thirty years later, we’re still grappling with the same issues: how black men can express tenderness and desire for each other in the face of racism, homophobia and toxic masculinity.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2019

His messages to his wife Rose express tenderness and devotion.

From Time Magazine Archive

She winced under it, and her tongue, an edge-tool of intelligence or passion, but not naturally prone to express tenderness, became more than ever articulate.

From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony

Mr. Mangles looked from Cartoner to his niece with an odd smile, which was perhaps the only way in which that lean countenance could express tenderness.

From The Vultures by Merriman, Henry Seton

To have compassion you need courage, you must fight for the objects of your pity and you must feel and express tenderness towards all men.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot




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