Affection Quotes

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That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure. — Charlotte Bronte
When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is it to work… — Khalil Gibran
The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never… — Marguerite Yourcenar
I claim no right to myself, no right to this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me. Neither do I have any right… — Jonathan Edwards
It is only now, these years later, that Rahel with adult hindsight recognized the sweetness of that gesture. A grown man entertaining three raccoons, treating… — Arundhati Roy
This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in… — Ian Mcewan
Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find… — Judith McNaught
Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be enthroned in the… — John Owen
Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objects of affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing a… — Charlotte Bronte
I'm telling you this for one reason and one reason only: No matter how sure you are of someone's love, it's always nice to hear… — Mike Gayle
It was a lesson most people learned much earlier; that even friendship could have an undisclosed shelf life. That loyalty and affection, so consuming and… — Jennifer Haigh
How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and… — Jane Austen
Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged--the best contacts are when one… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the… — Jane Austen
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates his gestures, and… — Honore de Balzac
Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more… — John Lubbock
The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie… — Charles Dickens
How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life. Towards this end, experiments on living animals in classrooms should be stopped.… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The very condition of having Friends is that we should want something else besides Friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see… — C.S. Lewis

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