525 Quotes About Affection

The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know what happens to chocolate when you leave it out in the sun? I’m that unfortunate chocolate and you, you are the laughing sun. For this reason, I am offering myself to you not as a martyr or some selfless fool, but as a self-indulgent moth who actively pursues the light without much fear for the flame. The moth who revels in the heat and declares: Burn me.

The Wilcoxes were not lacking in affection; they had it royally, but they did not know how to use it. It was the talent in the napkin, and, for a warm-hearted man, Charles had conveyed very little joy. As he watched his father shuffling up the road, he had a vague regret—a wish that something had been different somewhere—a wish (though he did not express it thus) that he had been taught to say 'I' in his youth.

When the puppy licked my hand, we all knew he was the one for us

— You're nice. You aren't like the rest of them. I like you very much...— I've done nothing to deserve that.— One doesn't have to do anything to deserve that...

Whenever you keep score in love, you lose.

Ton amour est comme la lune, il me déprive d'oxygène à chaque fois je pense à toi.Tu es partout mon chéri. Dans mes pensées, mes écritures et mes peintures.Je t'aime, et je n'oserai jamais à aimer une autre personne de telle façon que je t'aime.

She is young and beautiful. She has no problems with men.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives.