Affection Quote by Louisa May Alcott

“She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to thrash and…

— Anne Ursu

“Taking care of loved ones in my world was not based on affection. It was based on the fear of losing them.”

— Clemantine Wamariya

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Her bond with the couple who raised her is fierce and beyond questioning. She cannot name the sensation of losing them as grief. She…

— M.L. Stedman

Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Because affection, she had learned, was such a civilized thing, compared to love. It exacted so much less and was therefore more enduring. And…

— Karen Fisher

“It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but if one more person said that to her, Jodi…

— Lori Wilde

“By-and-by Jo roamed away upstairs, for it was rainy, and she could not walk. A restless spirit possessed her, and the old feeling came…

— Louisa May Alcott

“She had lost some of who she was when she lost her beloved.”

— Alice Hoffman

“Her feelings were her own, and could not be altered from outside. It would not have occurred to her that an action which is…

— George Orwell

“Next she lost her belief in the sincerity of those about her. She secretly refused to believe that anyone (herself excepted) loved anyone. All…

— Thornton Wilder

“Jo claimed that the reason people survived breakups was that within days of the amputation, Mother Nature started reminding you of what you had…

— Emma Donoghue