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Quotes About Affection

Suck, baby, suck! mother's love grows by giving, Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting...
~ Charles Lamb
I pet her and she pays me back in purrs.
~ Terri Guillemets
Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts?
~ Terri Guillemets
She clawed her way into my heart and wouldn't let go.
~ Terri Guillemets
...as warm & fuzzy as purring love...
~ Terri Guillemets
Cat lovers' hearts are meow-shaped and covered in stray fur.
~ Terri Guillemets
Paws carry heart and fur, Whiskers and vibrato purr.
~ Terri Guillemets
There seems to be a popular impression that cats are thoroughly selfish and incapable of any natural feeling or affection. I do not believe that. My experience has shown me that cats are very affectionate, especially to persons whom they like. They are not quick, like dogs, to strike up friendships; but when a friendship is once formed with a human, they manifest their feelings in ways that are unmistakable. And they are remarkably intelligent.
~ Charles E. Bullard, 1915
...a romantic attachment for chocolate-creams...
~ Grant Allen
Certain it is, that there is no Kind of Affection so pure and angelic as that of a Father to a Daughter.
~ Joseph Addison, 1712
A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.
~ Author Unknown
Sorrow almost resents love, it is so inflamed.
~ Emily Dickinson, 1878
The coquets of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess.
~ John Gay
There are many ways of doing good, such as little deeds of kindness, little words of encouragement and affection. By these gifts which are not bought with gold or silver, we can make others happy; not only at Christmas, but all year. If we made a practice of giving such gifts every day would be Christmas...
~ Frederick A. Reuter
Grandma serves kisses, counsel, and cookies daily.
~ Author Unknown
A garden of love grows in a grandmother's heart.
~ Author Unknown
A grandma's heart is a patchwork of love.
~ Author Unknown
I don't have time to hate people who hate me because I'm too busy loving people who love me.
~ Author Unknown
Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection...
~ Walter Raleigh, 1593
...as healing as a mommy kiss...
~ Terri Guillemets
Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye.
~ Irish proverb
The love that makes you feel light as a feather is the love that makes your heart feel heaviest when it goes.
~ Terri Guillemets
I like hugs and I like kisses, But what I really love is help with the dishes!
~ Author Unknown
A hug delights and warms and charms, That must be why God gave us arms...
~ Author Unknown