Quotes About Affection

My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.

Signs of the purest form of human love: the love that has nothing to do with emotion or affection; the love that say we will treat each other kindly and respectfully, regardless of how we happen to feel about each other, because we know that's the only way a human community can thrive. p19 [Prologue: A Loving Country?]

I don't think he ever told her he loved her. He probably knew the words would sound too small.

Hoerenpraat natuurlijk, maar toch lief.

Si tout amour prendroye racine J'en planteroye dans mon Jardin ("Indien elke liefde wortel schieten zou, dan zou ik ze planten in mijn tuin")

Let go the ones who just likes you, because they will leave you for the one they love, but don't let go the ones who love you, because they will never leave you for anyone they like

A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.

SEX IS THE MAIN way guys express their emotions. Making love is our way of saying "I love you" and truly feeling it, as well as really meaning it. While women generally deem closeness a prerequisite for engaging in sex, for a man, having sex is the main way of achieving a true sense of closeness with a woman. Brain

You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how." —Clark Gable

My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love." —Albert Camus

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life. Cee

All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them.

The French differentiate between loving and liking this way: You like because of; you love in spite of.

To send a kiss by messenger.

Si no comprendes, no puedes amar. Solamente puedes imaginar que amas.

Enviar un beso por mensajero.

Contemplación para alcanzar amor. Primero conviene advertir en dos cosas. La primera es que el amor se debe poner más en las obras que en las palabras. La segunda: el amor consiste en comunicación de las dos partes, es a saber, en dar y comunicar el amante al amado lo que tiene, o de lo que tiene o puede, y así, por el contrario, el amado al amante. De manera que si el uno tiene ciencia, dar al que no la tiene, si honores, si riquezas, y así el otro al otro.

Crushes do crush, looks do kill but love has come to show the difference

Hank had a stray-cat quality that made women want to take him in and nourish him with food and affection, but like most alcoholics, he would soon abuse that love, frustrate it, and ultimately alienate it

I really look forward to that insane hour that we spend together. I really do.

Alexandra held out her arms; her son stepped into them and laid his his head, softly, on his mother's chest.

Friends are the family we can choose.

Nor do I," Anu said quietly. "But there is never so much love in our lives that we can afford to reject it when it is offered.