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Quotes About Affection

El amor se mide por los hechos.
~ Walter Riso
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
~ Walter Savage Landor
When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
~ Walter Savage Landor
taken care of." Sara gathered the child into her
~ Wanda E. Brunstetter
Women's loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind
~ Waris Dirie
Fatherhood was about your dad trading in the old glint in his eye-what he loved to do- for the new glint in his eye: his love for you.
~ Warren Farrell PhD
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
~ Washington Irving
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
~ Washington Irving
somehow or other, there is a genial sunshine about you that warms every creeping thing into heart and confidence. Your
~ Washington Irving
la ternura de su naturaleza estaba en efervescencia, y que sólo necesitaba un objeto.
~ Washington Irving
Chi conquista un migliaio dei soliti cuori ha diritto a qualche fama, ma chi sa rimaner assoluto padrone del cuore di una civetta è veramente un eroe.
~ Washington Irving
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
~ Washington Irving
Balt Van Tassel was an easy indulgent soul; he loved his daughter better even than his pipe, and, like a reasonable man and an excellent father, let her have her way in everything.
~ Washington Irving
My madness is my love towards mankind.
~ Waslav Nijinsky
Don't you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
~ Waylon Jennings
God of the universe loves you more than anyone on this planet ever has or ever will.
~ Wayne Jacobsen
The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.
~ Wendelin Van Draanen
We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.
~ Wendell Berry
Two cures for love 1. Don't see him. Don't phone or write a letter. 2. The easy way: Get to know him better.
~ Wendy Cope
Who would not prefer animals to these people who prefer animals to people?
~ Wendy Doniger
Once Thorne woke with his hand on Kris's hip, his fingers caressing up and down the curve at the top of his buttock. He cupped it protectively and fell back to sleep.
~ Wendy Rathbone
I meant lucky to have someone who loved him so much that he would go to such lengths to ensure he would never have another mate." Kris's chin nearly touched his chest and his lovely brown eyes closed. "To be loved that much—wow.
~ Wendy Rathbone
Father, it's me. Kris," I said gently. He blinked but did not move. "Kris. My favorite most beautiful son.
~ Wendy Rathbone
A woman's sexual modesty puts her, significantly, in a position to be the ultimate worldly arbiter of a man's worth—"Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine," as the temperance movement's slogan had it. Since respect for her modesty gave her the freedom to withhold affection, so to speak, until a virtuous man came around, men were in turn inspired to become worthy of her. Whether the cause was liquor or
~ Wendy Shalit