Quotes About Affection

it is still the case that he "can look in her eyes and disappear." He may not know how to live with her, but he will always know he loves her

The more I see of men," she grumbled in one, "the more I love dogs."50

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped. To encourage cruelty in the name of science can only destroy the finer emotions of affection and sympathy, and breed an unfeeling callousness in the young towards suffering in all living creatures.

I cannot go to bed tonight without a word to you. I felt a little as though a part of me was leaving tonight. You have grown so much to be a part of my life that it is empty without you.

I miss you greatly dear. The nicest time of day is when I write to you. You have a stormier time than I do but I miss you as much, I think. . . . Please keep most of your heart in Washington as long as I'm here for most of mine is with you!

The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.

You can be hurt only if you love someone. But I don't love anyone.

Women without love lose the light in their eyes, women without love die while they are still alive.

it's good to be afraid. You need to be afraid even when there's no need, it keeps you alert. The bond with known spaces, with secure affections, yielded to curiosity about what might happen. Lies, lies, adults forbid them and yet they tell so many.

One becomes affectionate toward men slowly, whether they coincide or not with whomever in the various phases of life we have taken as the model of a man.

I'll give you treasure chests full of gold pieces, I know the value of spending time with you." I

A veces no me gustas, Lenù, lo subestimas todo, subestimas a todos, incluso a la gente que con solo verla se hace querer.

Los buenos sentimientos son frágiles, conmigo el amor no resiste. No resiste el amor por un hombre, ni siquiera resiste el amor por los hijos, no tarda en agujerearse.

I became anxious if I lost him, I was happy when I saw him return. In other words I loved him and new it and was content to love him.

I became anxious if I lost him, I was happy when I saw him return. In other words I loved him and knew it and was content to love him.

I buoni sentimenti sono fragili, con me l'amore non resiste. Non resiste l'amore per un uomo, non resiste nemmeno l'amore per i figli, presto si buca. Guardi nel foro e vedi la nebulosa delle buone intenzioni confondersi con quella delle cattive. [...] Voler bene scorre insieme al voler male, e io non riesco, non riesco a condensarmi intorno a nessuna buona volontà.

Lila always knew what she wanted and got it; I don't want anything, I'm made of nothing. I hoped to wake in the morning without desires. Once I was emptied—I imagined—the affection of Antonio, my affection for him will be enough.

Quanto a mim, várias vezes ao dia me acontece de gostar de alguém. Você não? Durante pouco tempo, depois passa.

I had less success in the courtyard. There only love and boyfriends counted.

Bref je l'aimais, j'en était consciente et j'était heureuse de l'aimer.

Il m'aimait sans aucune tension et moi-même je le pris progressivement en affection.

Mas foi sobretudo naquelas horas lentas que me senti realmente sua filha preferida. Quando me abraçava antes de eu ir embora, parecia querer deslizar para dentro de mim e ficar ali, assim como outrora habitei dentro dela.

amarlo suponía tratar de conseguirlo, no esperar a que él la quisiera.

y a veces, al notarla tan feliz, me asaltó una nostalgia genuina por un tiempo que, no obstante, consideraba pasado para siempre y mal desenterrado por su fantasía en exceso afectuosa.