Quotes About Affection

Mightily and long must a man strive within himself before he learn altogether to overcome himself, and to draw his whole affection towards God. When a man resteth upon himself, he easily slippeth away unto human comforts. But a true lover of Christ, and a diligent seeker after virtue, falleth not back upon those comforts, nor seeketh such sweetness as may be tasted and handled, but desireth rather hard exercises, and to undertake severe labours for Christ.

Love follows knowledge.

Friendship is the deepest part of love

There ought to be laughter in love. But there also ought to be wonder.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love's beginning.

The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

And although it is true that the calamities of my noviciate in London had struck root so deeply in my bodily constitution, that afterwards they shot up and flourished afresh, and grew into a noxious umbrage that has overshadowed and darkened my latter years, yet these second assaults of suffering were met with a fortitude more confirmed, with the resources of a maturer intellect, and with alleviations from sympathising affection—how deep and tender!

I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it's harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?

Physical contact is a human necessity.

Sometimes you can just date without needing love, date for companionship, for passionate make-outs, for snuggling.

I think this world needs a little more hugging in their lives.

That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.

I'm a huge Neil Flynn fan.

I love Neil Patrick Harris. I've always been a big fan of his - he was my first TV crush.

My nephew Ahaan is just like my son.

I love Leipzig, and I will never forget this city.

It's a place I'll always remember, and I have nothing bad to say about New England. I love that place.

I can't see myself every leaving. I love New Jersey.

I felt bad for Newcastle when they lost their 2005 FA Cup semi-final to Manchester United. They had loaned me out to Celtic, but I still had a lot of affection for them.

Bootleggers were romanticized by people like F. Scott Fitzgerald, for example. Gatsby is a bootlegger. And they were not thought of as evil criminals in the newspapers, either. There was a certain amount of affection for them.

Australia is always a place that is dear to me; it is always my second home, and I try to get there as often as I can, but it is not next door, you know.