One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a…

Deeply embedded in the soul of every family is a vision of what the world is like¦ and how best to survive it

— Elizabeth Stone

“There is no greater salve for the soul than family and friends.”

— L.F. Young

“We all have a soul family, the ones that ignite and support our truth. They feed something in us we weren't aware we needed…

— Nikki Rowe

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