Affection Quotes

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Mom was bossy. Even in print I could hear her tone, smugly congratulating me on already earning the prince's affections and telling me firmly to… — Kiera Cass
We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which… — William Wilberforce
Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to… — Simon Pegg
Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts. — Shannon Hale
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship. — Elisabeth Elliot
I like women who havenâ€™t lived with too many men. I donâ€™t expect virginity but I simply prefer women who havenâ€™t been rubbed raw by… — Charles Bukowski
Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation,… — Paulo Coelho
He despised causeless affection, just as he despised unearned wealth. They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the things… — Ayn Rand
Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair. — Sonya Hartnett
At that moment he knew what his mother was thinking, and that she loved him. But he knew, too, that to love someone means relatively… — Albert Camus
Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece… — Mother Teresa
Her affection for everything she could love increased. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent.… — Patrick SÃ¼skind
Iâ€™ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wantedâ€”like all orphansâ€”to be… — Fernando Pessoa
Everything is in constant flux on this earth. Nothing keeps the same unchanging shape, and our affections, being attached to things outside us, necessarily change… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Artemis looked at Holly and felt a tremendous affection for her... he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was... She is… — Eoin Colfer
Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world. — Tom Holt
Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? ...If you poison us, do we not die? And if… — William Shakespeare
You ask me why I donâ€™t love you, but surely you must believe I am very fond of you and if to desire to possess… — James Joyce
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave the world a better place, to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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