Whence, if ever, shall come the actualityOf a voice speaking the mind's knowing,The sunlight bright on the green windowshade,And the self articulate,… — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
Seriously. Who needed a real lover when you had a handsome, affectionate man who adored you, put a beautiful house over your… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“He had known it often enough. A delightful child, even a delightful early adolescent, interested in everything, alive,affectionate, would turn into a… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“My mother, who hated what she called his Americanisms , ended up calling him Il cauboi —the cowboy. It started as a… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I think every individual, and every society, is perfected just in proportion to the combination, and cooperation, of masculine and feminine elements… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Real friends can put up with your worst behavior and be exceptionally affectionate even when you are extremely irritable. They believe in… — Aarti Khurana Copy Share Image
I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister - a near relation, a… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“Oliver has long since grown stout and healthy; but health or sickness made no difference in his warm feelings to those about… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is possible for us to live in the very sense of the Lord's presence, under even the most difficult circumstances. If… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have kissed all the girls I worked with! I'm just a very affectionate person, I love to hug and kiss people… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I… — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
“Myrnin was—for a vampire who looked about twice her age, but was thousands of years older than that—pretty hot. He could be… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective -… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source… — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
The amount of missing girls I've had to trace and their family and their friends always say the same thing. 'She was… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Even the toughest of eggs to crack will have soppy, soft moments when they feel in love. Usually they'll want to be… — Matthew Hussey Copy Share Image
In general, an ideal partner is (a) open and nondefensive, (b) honest and nonduplicitous, (c) affectionate and easy-going, (d) mentally and physically… — Robert W. Firestone Copy Share Image
I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children;… — George Mason Copy Share Image
If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us confidently hope… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“A man with an affectionate disposition, who finds a wife to concur with his fundamental idea of life, easily comes to persuade… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?” “How could I not?” he said. “When I… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with… — Owen Gleiberman Copy Share Image
We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Those final weeks, spanning end of summer and the beginning of another autumn, are blurred in memory, perhaps because our understanding of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
The happiness of life may be greatly increased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A # peer relationship is one where the partners experience an affectionate, companionate coupledom. They are friends. They are the product of… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes, I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't fold to peer pressure.… — Doug Flutie Copy Share Image
“Like a pair of old slippers, I feel comfort and warmth as I slip into you. No, that is too crude. Like… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The percent likelihood of a society becoming physically violent if it is physically affectionate towards its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual… — James W. Prescott Copy Share Image