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Affection Quotes


"I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices."


"Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi."


"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."


"I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out."


"I love you because I find myself in you."


"Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book."


"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it."


"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."


"LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others."


"After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me."


"Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it."


"The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence."


"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."


"Jealousy is the grave of affection."


"The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years."
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