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Quotes About Affection

If you want to be kissed, you have only to ask.
~ Sandra Hill
He laughed and came forward impulsively to kiss her—his affection a potent thing, a flourish of light. She was smiling, her tears feeling fresh on her face. He smelled of sweat and roses. She felt it in the palms of her hands, in her loins. It was right. It was Southampton she had wanted all along.
~ Sandra Newman
You know as well as I do that the heart is a fascinating organ. It's barely as large as a fist and yet it has the capacity to love a hundred people, each one in a different way."-Yvonne Elliot
~ Sandra Steffen
The truth was that he loved her as he had never loved anyone in his life before, with a love so strong it made him tremble at the violence of his feelings.
~ Sanjida O'Connell
Aku mencintaimu. Itu sebabnya aku takkan pernah selesai mendoakan keselamatanmu
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
Aku mencintaimu. Itulah sebabnya aku tak pernah berhenti mendoakanmu.
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
Jakarta itu cinta yang tak hapus oleh hujan tak lekang oleh panas. Jakarta itu kasih sayang.
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
sinä kaunis, sinä riemastuttava tyttö
~ Sapfo
I loved you once long ago, Athis… you seemed to me a small, ungainly child.
~ Sappho
may you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend
~ Sappho
Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It's what one loves.
~ Sappho
Stand to face me beloved And open out the grace of your eyes
~ Sappho
but I say whatever / one loves, is
~ Sappho
but if you love us choose a younger bed for I cannot bear to live with you when I am the older one
~ Sappho
but me you have forgotten or you love some man more than me
~ Sappho
for you beautiful ones my thought is not changeable
~ Sappho
Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, others call a fleet the most beautiful of sights the dark earth offers, but I say it's what- ever you love best. . . . . But that reminds me: now my Anactória is gone, and I'd rather see her lovely step, her sparkling glance and her face than gaze on all the troops in Lydia in their chariots and glittering armor.
~ Sappho
Now in my heart I see clearly a beautiful face shining back on me, stained with love
~ Sappho
May you sleep on your tender girlfriend's breasts
~ Sappho
Often those I treat well are just the ones vainly You I want to suffer In me I know it
~ Sappho
Come to me now once again and release me from gruelling anxiety. All that my heart longs for, fulfil. And be yourself my ally in love's battle.
~ Sappho
But you have forgotten me or you love some man more than me
~ Sappho
Really, if you are my friend, chose a younger bed. I cannot bear to live with you when I am the older.
~ Sappho
I will love [you] . . . as long as [breath] is in me . . . will care. . . . I declare I am your steady friend
~ Sappho