Bound-by-duty Quote by Cora Reilly

“Affection is when we can't find any flaws in the other. Maybe I could if I really wanted to, but I don't want to,…

— Erika M. Szabo

“I don't do hugging. I don't like people touching me ever when there's no treat involved. It's too intimate and it bothers me.”

— Katja Millay

“You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“one to openly display affection, except for a hug here and there, but her love had a gentle constancy I could feel.”

— Leigh Byrne

“men don’t always understand a woman’s emotions and how we deal with things.”

— E.N. Joy

“But that's the worst of these attractive young women with affectionate dispositions. They'll say anything, and they mean absolutely nothing by it.”

— Agatha Christie

“Affectionate violence. For when a hug just won't do. That's a Hallmark card for you.”

— Lauren Beukes

“Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“I don't like to lose control of my emotions.”

— Michael Chabon

“I want no proof of affection but of engagement I do.”

— Jane Austen

“Usually we hate things or people with which we have some emotional involvement.”

— Harriette Arnow

“Maud, listen to me. It isn't wrong to be affectionate. And it isn't funny, either.”

— Laura Amy Schlitz