Tender is the Body Quotes

“Say intimacy is not just sex
It is the building of a nest

The way a hummingbird may place hers between thorns in a thicket
At rest her heart reaches 250 beats per minute
Could you imagine a heart like that, how it could love
How it could be a place you might call home”
― Alise Versella, Tender is the Body

“And the beautiful curves and crevices and marks
The scars
When I touch them you are braille
I want to know the secrets you've only ever told yourself

And I want to taste your salt
Decipher its layers
Roll my tongue around its coarseness
Then let it melt”
― Alise Vérsella, Tender is the Body