In the past, I've been very open and affectionate towards…

“From age four to five we are all romantics; we are all embryonic royalty, budding ballerinas, or intrepid astronauts; we are all fearless, open,…

— Vaillant

I definitely keep myself secret.

— Leona Lewis

“Last spring, David had offered this crazy solution to our woes, only half in jest:... "What if we admitted that we make each other…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on one's own…

— Dalai Lama

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection

— Jack Butler Yeats

Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and…

— Owen Gleiberman

If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named…

— Ursula Vernon

I can be affectionate about a lot of things without watching them.

— Tom Stoppard

One realizes that human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego is half…

— Willa Cather

With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes, I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati, grounded on…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result,…

— Dalai Lama

There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source of social…

— Richard L. Evans

We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to…

— Dallas Willard

“She scanned the room, and her grin broadened when she saw Christian. She then sought me out. Her smile for him had been affectionate;…

— Richelle Mead

“Emira realized that Briar probably didn't know how to say good-bye because she never had to do it before. But whether she said good-bye…

— Kiley Reid