Quotes About Affection

Now, perfectly ordinary people will give each other hugs. I mean, it used to be that a hug was reserved for if you came back from Australia - you know, back in the '40s and '50s.

I'm pretty shy, but if I like a girl, she'll know.

If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away.

I grew up with older brothers, adore them, can't imagine going through life without them, and I definitely think I draw on that love when I'm writing about siblings. It's so powerful, the jump-in-front-of-a-train-to-protect-them kind of love.

The love that I have for my siblings and family is enormous.

It wasn't love at first sight with Matt - we were friends at the beginning, and our friendship developed.

Look your significant other in the eyes, make that connection.

I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it.

David and I were divorced in 1980, and there has been silence between us ever since. Despite our decade of marriage and a child together, I was airbrushed out of his life. He never demonstrated any affection or gratitude after we parted. He fired anyone who mentioned my name.

I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.

I believe the core of most of us women is very simple. We want to feel appreciated, acknowledged, and something as simple as flowers with a little note or some love letters goes a long way.

If you are with people you truly love, then the simplest meal can feel so romantic.

The opposite of fear, Dienekes said, is love.

BEYOND RESISTANCE The Higher Realm The first duty is to sacrifice to the gods and pray them to grant you the thoughts, words, and deeds likely to render your command most pleasing to the gods and to bring yourself, your friends, and your city the fullest measure of affection and glory and advantage. –Xenophon, The Cavalry Commander

The first duty is to sacrifice to the gods and pray them to grant you the thoughts, words, and deeds likely to render your command most pleasing to the gods and to bring yourself, your friends, and your city the fullest measure of affection and glory and advantage. –Xenophon, The Cavalry Commander

Fifty years ago noted animal researcher Harry Harlow, in an address to the American Psychological Association, observed, "As far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists have failed in their mission…The little we write about it has been better written by poets and novelists.

Her thoughts immediately brought to mind a line by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "I shall but love thee better after death." Some pains are sweet.

Simply holding the hand of a loving partner can affect us profoundly, literally calming jittery neurons in the brain.

When marriages fail, it is not increasing conflict that is the cause. It is decreasing affection and emotional responsiveness

When partners tell me that they cannot be considerate of and watch out for each other with everyday acts of caring, I worry. When they tell me that they are not making love, I am concerned. But when they tell me that they do not touch, I know they are really in trouble.

have to do this. Let's stop. Come over and just let's have a hug.' And she did. It felt great." I asked

love is like a language. If you speak it, it flows more and more easily. If you don't, then you start to lose it.

And when we are close to, hold, or make love with our partners, we are flooded with the "cuddle hormones" oxytocin and vasopressin.

I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.