Affection Quote by John Knowles

I did not have an affectionate childhood, neither of my parents were expressive in that way.

— Ulrika Jonsson

It was not just inappropriate behavior

— Bob Kerrey

Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out…

— Anonymous

...I'd been raised by my parents to believe barfing your feelings on other people was the height of impoliteness...

— Stephen King

And all the time he was enjoying his badness, hugging it to him as though it were a friend, and not caring a bit.

— Anonymous

I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not, however, what…

— John Ruskin

People put up with disrespect just to get a little bit of attention or affection from someone.

— Sonya Parker

Isn't it terrible the way some unworthy folks are loved, while others that deserve it far more, you'd think, never get much affection?

— Anonymous

Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being taken seriously,…

— Meg Wolitzer

There wasn't exactly a plethora of physical affection in our family.

— Mariette Hartley

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would…

— Agnes Smedley

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

— Tupac Shakur