Affection Quote by Richelle E. Goodrich

“Love is impatient; love is cruel. It gets your hopes up then tears them down expecting you to be ok; able to cope without…

— Alexandria Rhodes

“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectations. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.”

— Anonymous

“For despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away. Her”

— Elif Shafak

“The need to love and be loved overrides comfort and even the instinct to survive.”

— Steven Stosny

“And I also know that this is why love allows us to be so cruel to the beloved: so that the beloved doesn't make…

— Brock Clarke

“Love stories begin not when we fear someone may be unwilling to see us again, but when they decide they would have no objection…

— Alain de Botton

“ When you get everything aligned, when love welcomes the longing, accepts it, learns to live with it, you make love. ”

— Anne Calhoun

“Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug…

— Cheryl Strayed

“When we are well loved, we inevitably give love to those around us.”

— Mark Whitwell

“When we love somebody, whether it be a friend, a parent, a child, whether it be conjugal love or neighborly love, the beloved person…

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

“Don't love to be loved in return. Love for the sake of loving.”

— Connor Chalfant

“Love exists to the extent that you give it away.”

— Katherine Woodward Thomas