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Quotes About Affectionate

I'm more likely to give you a cuddle than a punch in the face. I have a soft side, especially with my girlfriend. I send her flowers and use my culinary skills to pull off romantic meals. I do great Thai dishes.
~ Jai Courtney
That night I hardly slept a wink, but turned over and over in my tent; never until then had I felt so alone or so deserted. Perhaps even the elephants are too small, I thought, as I stared into the darkness, and we need a far bigger and more affectionate presence at our side.
~ Romain Gary
On the eve of the wedding, which Diana spent at Clarence House, her mood was much improved when Charles sent her a signet ring engraved with the Prince of Wales feathers and an affectionate card which said: "I'm so proud of you and when you come up I'll be there at the altar for you tomorrow. Just look 'em in the eye and knock 'em dead.
~ Andrew Morton
Males always have something pathetic about them, at every age. A fragile arrogance, a frightened audacity. I no longer know, today, if they ever aroused in me love or only an affectionate sympathy for their weaknesses.
~ Elena Ferrante
S]ince distance imposed the physical impossibility of intervening directly in their lives, satisfying their desires or whims became a mixture of rarefied or irresponsible gestures, every request seemed light, every task that had to do with them an affectionate habit. I felt miraculously unfettered, as if a difficult job, finally brought to completion, no longer weighed me down
~ Elena Ferrante
Tenía un carácter apacible y su trato era cortés y afectuoso.
~ Armando Palacio Valdés
I love buying gifts for people who I am close to as I know their likes and dislikes.
~ Shibani Dandekar
When I've got a girlfriend, I like to be with them as much as possible, and I'm very affectionate.
~ James Arthur
I'm not a player; I'm just a lovely guy, and I can show a girl a good time.
~ Douglas Booth
The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.
~ Nadia Boulanger
There is no need to shove, his duchess said snippily. There is every need. Think of it not as shoving, but an affectionate nudge.
~ Anne Gracie
The next morning, my grandfather's staff lined up at the gangway to shake his hand and bid him an affectionate farewell.
~ John McCain
Gentle wasn't the right word. Not really. But the man's fingers had cradled Cahey's skull in a tender curve, a touch that was as affectionate as it was uncomfortable. And so very wrong, for a business translation.
~ Elizabeth Bear
It's) a fair exchange. You're giving me attention. That's a form of affection, you know.
~ Arthur Gordon
Hmm," I said. "Nuisance" at least sounded affectionate. My wife had been alternately terrified of or furious with me.
~ Ashley Gardner
The majority of cats are very gregarious - they love each other so much; they enjoy living together and grooming each other.
~ Celia Hammond
I'm a sentimental guy.
~ Fred Durst
The sexiest thing my girlfriend has ever done for me is when she planned three full days of events, meals, and surprises for my birthday. It was like one continuous gift.
~ Chris Wood
she was always concerned with the practical details of life, she didn't go beyond that, always a good friend, very loyal and affectionate.
~ Marguerite Duras
She, Betty Fernandez, spoke only of people, those she'd seen in the street or those she knew, about how they were, the things still left for sale in the shops, extra rations of milk and fish, good ways of dealing with shortages, with cold and constant hunger, she was always concerned with the practical details of life, she didn't go beyond that, always a good friend, very loyal and affectionate.
~ Marguerite Duras
The Buddha was interested in teaching us not only how to find our own freedom, but in how to stay in affectionate relationship to other people.
~ Mark Epstein
BEING in love is a complicated matter; although anyone who is prepared to pretend that love is a simple, straightforward business is always in a strong position for making conquests. In general, things are apt to turn out unsatisfactorily for at least one of the parties concerned; and in due course only its most determined devotees remain unwilling to admit that an intimate and affectionate relationship is not necessarily a simple one:
~ Anthony Powell
Thank God for the cats, I thought, when they had the compassion to sleep next to me on the couch, or looked on curious but unfazed as I bawled. They were good companions to have in this strange new world of grief: nonverbal, affectionate, no more baffled by agony than they were by dishwashing.
~ Ariel Levy
Babbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of waiting till the victim was clearly wrong, then virtuously pouncing.
~ Sinclair Lewis