Quote by Hesba Stretton

“Even with friends, I had difficulty giving or receiving physical affection, although I secretly craved it.”

— Kate M. Taylor

“Maybe that's nature's way. Making people you once loved less lovable, so that it won't be so hard when they go.”

— Nicholas Evans

“Nothing is more frustrating than being attracted to someone who is a complete jerk – except for maybe also caring about that person despite…

— Penny Reid

“How someone’s fondness can bring a life of another person. We both were drowned in love and adoring each other.”

— Sushil Kumar Rana

“People only have the ability to make you feel badly about yourself if you let them.”

— Denise Grover Swank

“If the way you've been treating me is a mark of fondness, maybe you'd better take a fresh look at your interpersonal communication skills.”

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an enthusiast.”

— Polly Shulman

“I was fond of him immediately, in the way we feel kinship to those who compliment us.”

— Marie-Helene Bertino

“People with Sweet Relationships [those favoring you, always talk good] with you, will make you stumble.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“We do not like those who are completely available, who make themselves over to us entirely. They crowd us out. They make us feel…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“My true friends always gave me this supreme proof of attachment: a spontaneous aversion to the men I loved.”

— Colette

“No matter what you do certain people will never open up to you or let you in or let you love the parts of…

— Jason Grady