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Quotes About Affection

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.
~ Sir Walter Raleigh
In love quarrels the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault.
~ Sir Walter Scott
Sexual feeling is distinct from affection, even though they often conspire, but this fact runs against the grain of classic feminist arguments.
~ Siri Hustvedt
She fascinated me almost as much as he did, because, after all, she was his beloved, and I studied her carefully for clues to her success.
~ Siri Hustvedt
The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder
I love you not for the person you are, but for your possibilities.
~ John Cheever
She said 'I love you' as if it were a secret, and an immense one.
~ John Green
Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
~ Jonathan Edwards
Impossibility is a log thrown on the fires of love.
~ Laurie R. King
But I love you I'm totally and completely in love with you and I don't care if you think it's too late. I'm telling you anyway.
~ Natalie Portman
I love you, Elizabeth... and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.
~ Nicholas Sparks
To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you – that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway.
~ Noel Coward
There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love - it's sort of undeniable.
~ Piper Perabo
Whatever 'in love' means.
~ Princess Diana
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
~ Ovid
You're strong—you're so, so strong. It's why I love you.
~ Richelle Mead
loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round
~ Robert Frost
If you want to be loved, love.
~ Seneca the Elder
I probably can't stand you, but that doesn't mean I don't love you.
~ Seth Harris
When I first saw you, I saw love. from You're Still The One
~ Shania Twain
We only deliberately waste time with those we love -- it is the purest sign that we love someone if we choose to spend time idly in their presence when we could be doing something more 'constructive.
~ Sheila Cassidy
You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.
~ Shelagh Delaney
You fall in and out of love, but when you really love someone...it's forever.
~ Sophie Kinsella
My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'
~ Tommy Lasorda