Quotes About Affection

Kids were his soft spot. Who knew?

Is it always like this?" Dawson whispered. "This buzz in my stomach and my chest—how happy I am to hold you? Does it always feel like this?" Jared lifted his face in the dark, his lower lip full and swollen from kisses, his eyes shiny. "No," he said soberly. "No. This is special.

Yeah, well, the one thing I've learned this past year? It's that worry means love.

Dammit, he wasn't a kid to go shooting off with just a touch, and Crick stroked his hair until he knew he wasn't going to lose it before he was buried inside the love of his goddamned life.

The thing I learned about loving Vinnie for ten years was that every day could be the wave that washed the love away. You had to wake up every day and text or kiss or call or sneak over and surprise. You had to wake up every day and write that thing on the tablet of time to make sure that would be the day when your love was written on the sand.

Okay," Crick said, rolling his eyes. "I give. Which part of my body is more interesting than my ass?" Deacon rewarded his obtuseness with a smack to the head. "Your heart, you fuckin' moron. Man, I get about fifteen minutes a day max out of your ass—it's your heart I want twenty-four-seven. Jesus, Crick—stop thinking in your pants!

I really do," she said, not looking at him. "Because once he stays here tonight, I'll have a constant reminder that you picked him and not me, and you did it before you even knew you could have him." He grimaced. "It was a near thing," he told her, thinking about how pretty she'd looked in the sunshine and how cold she looked now. "Only because I could have your babies, Joe. And I still lost by a mile. C'mon.

this moment, this moment here, when his lover was making shushing noises in his ear, that wasn't always guaranteed, now was it?

Not every day is going to be this good." Trav kissed his chest. "No," he said softly. "Let's make sure we remember this one, okay?" "For how long?" Trav asked, half-playful, half-serious. "Forever. Until tomorrow. When I fall in love with you again.

With every touch of his father's hand to his mother's face, he believed that about love.

You are the only thing in my life that's ever been mine," he said. I was surprised then by the warmth of his hand on my thigh. "Would like to keep you." "Well, let's maybe see if we can do that without spilling any blood.

I…." I love you. I think I do. I think maybe I loved you a month ago. I think

He wanted that with some foreplay and a lot of afterglow, and maybe some, "Gee, Crawford, you are a nice guy, and I'd really like to do this frequently, if you don't mind me saying so.

Unspoken things—stupid unspoken things: Grant Adams had a finite number of hugs left.

love you," he said, blowing Reg's mind. "I don't know if any other boyfriend, girlfriend, whatever, has said that, but that's how I feel.

And then Spencer did a surprising thing. He closed his eyes and leaned into the touch, like someone starving for it, someone who'd needed tenderness all his

Don't save it for later. Wear the scarf now. Craw'll knit for you. He'll knit until his fingers shrivel, and when he can't knit, I'll knit, and Ariadne's baby'll knit. But don't save love because it's 'too special' to wear. You wear love every day, and it'll never wear out." Oh, he believed that. With every touch of his father's hand to his mother's face, he believed that about love.

I promise," he whispered, as deadly serious as Jeff. "I promise. I'll live. I'll be warm. I'll want just you.

You lie upon my heart as on a nest, Folded in peace, for you can never know How crushed I am with having you at rest Heavy upon my life. I love you so You bind my freedom from its rightful quest. In mercy lift your drooping wings and go.

the experience. Combing and brushing become an extension of petting. Kittens thrive on routine, so decide on a regimen and stick to it. That's not only a time, but also a place such as a tabletop,

Kitties almost always lick their noses after they've swallowed. Have Kitty's most favorite treat in the world ready to offer her as soon as you've closed her

Playing with your kitten can be a powerful bonding and training tool. Make a point to play with your kitten for at least twenty minutes, twice a day.

I tried not to love you," she said, "but it didn't work." He pulled her toward him, held her face. "I feel lucky," he said.

It seems your problem is the same one we all have. You don't know if you are truly loved.