Affectionate Quotes

142 quotes by 128 authors

In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. — W. Somerset Maugham
Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood. — Ginger Rogers
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. — Leo Rosten
I got bored of not feeling affectionate towards girls. — Rod Stewart
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. — Ambrose Bierce
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. — C.S. Lewis
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you… — C.S. Lewis
The amount of missing girls I've had to trace and their family and their friends always say the same thing. 'She was a bright and… — Agatha Christie
The affectionate farce I make of him ignores the ways I feel his lack of love for me. But we are managing. — Lorrie Moore
Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements… — Patrick O'Brian
I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. — Elizabeth Gilbert
A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. — Dalai Lama
Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I and… — Walt Whitman
And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident… — Vincent Van Gogh
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 mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness. — Dean Koontz
She smiled at him. â€œHow did you know just what Iâ€™d want to see?â€ â€œHow could I not?â€ he said. â€œWhen I think of you,… — Cassandra Clare
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind,… — Jane Austen
Let people realize clearly that every time they threaten someone or humiliate or unnecessarily hurt or dominate or reject another human being, they become forces… — Abraham Maslow

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