Quotes About Affection

She loved only her lover and Iphigenia in the narrowness of her cold breast.

Hold me, O Night, with motherly affection, While the wan earth wakes with a misty yawn. By my blood will be born the dawn and from my fleeting dream—the undying sun!

Ma in un pomeriggio di agosto alla pineta ci tornò con un branco di tacchini cercando ombra, e ci trovò l'amore

To Marx, it seemed foolish not to love as many things as you could.

It was never worth worrying about someone you didn't love. And it wasn't love if you didn't worry.

Maya, we are what we love. We are that we love.

Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine?

I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know." "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.

The only love she inspires is the canine kind.

For most of his life, Sam had found it difficult to say I Love You. It was superior, he believed, to show love those one loved. But now, it seemed like one of the easiest things in the world Sam could do. Why wouldn't you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.

He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.

The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.

Why was it so hard for him to say he loved her even when she said it to him? He knew he loved her. People who felt far less for each other said "love" all the time, and it didn't mean a thing. And maybe that was the point. He more than loved Sadie Green. There needed to be another word for it.

I love you, ... It is hard for me to say, because sometimes it doesn't seem like it is enough.

He was like a bright, warm light over everything in her life. She felt lit up, turned on. There was no one better to talk to about games. Yes, she loved him, but she also liked him. She liked herself when she was with him.

It's more than romantic. It's better than romance. It's friendship." Sam laughed. "Who cares about romance anyway?

When you think of your mother, the word that occurs to you is too. She hugs you too hard, kisses you too long, asks you too many questions, worries too much about your weight/your love life/your friendships/your future/your water consumption. She loves you with an almost religious fervor. She loves you too much. The love makes you feel embarrassed for her and almost guilty—other than be born, what have you done to deserve such love?

Maybe the sex wouldn't have been exceptional, but it wouldn't have mattered. Because the other things they had were finer than sex. Because he loved Sadie. It was one of only a handful of things that he knew to be a constant about himself. The greatest pleasures of his life had been when he was by her side, playing or inventing.

It was superior, he believed, to show love to those one loved. But now, it seemed like one of the easiest things in the world Sam could do. Why wouldn't you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.

I devour, and I am devoured," Marx said. "After Dov, I think I'm through with devouring," Sadie said. "I understand why you'd say that, but I also don't think you should give up on the devouring yet." Marx growled at her and pretended to bite her, and then he kissed her on the cheek.

Maybe this is selfish, but I don't want to love more than I am loved. And I don't want to be with someone who loves something or someone more than me.

He put his head in the crook of her shoulder; the freight was in proportion to the groove.

No," Sam said. "We've never…It's more than romantic. It's better than romance. It's friendship.

Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.