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Affection Quotes
"I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices."
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"Jealousy is the grave of affection."
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"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."
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"Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous."
"Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi."
"No matter what corruption he's taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment-just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity?-an act which is not possible in self-abasement, only in self-exaltation, only in the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard of value."
"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."
"All hugs are not created equal. Some people are naturally gifted in showering others with warmth and affection. They can hug with such a sincere intention it transcends a handshake. Their hugs feel genuine, non-threatening, and are emotionally consistent with the relationship they share with the "hugee."
"If God were to make a million lovely flowers in your image and plant them in a garden with you among them, I would still know you by your scent and by the feel of your petals and by the crazy way you lean towards my light whenever I draw near."
"Good sex is about knowing each other's deepest and kinkiest desires."
"I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out."
"Sex is not just about going in or letting in, it is really about welcoming your dearly beloved into the deepest regions of your psyche which are inaccessible to anybody else."
"I love you because I find myself in you."
"Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book."
"Sexual intimacy is not the destination, it is the path - the path that leads to mental union."
"Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy's ear. "I love you.She wasn't sure he could hear her-but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words."
"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it."
"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."
"Some people masturbate to temporarily replace their partners when they are absent, whereas some people do that to temporarily live in the present."
"LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others."
"After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me."
"Hugging is quite an intimate contact. Considering the studies done on proxemics we looked at earlier; when you get within two feet of another person you are inside their intimate space. There are some people who truly do not want you in their 'bubble' unless you are close friends or they've given you permission. Assuming familiarity incorrectly can destroy rapport, make a bad impression, and risk everything you have done well up to then."
"Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it."
"Sex becomes less and less pleasurable in a relationship over time. Your brain gets habituated to the sensual stimulation from your specific partner as you are exposed to it repeatedly. It doesn't mean that the love is gone from the relationship. Love still exists beyond the barriers of time, in the form of attachment, which becomes independent of sexual intimacy after the euphoric stage of mad love."
"I hope you know I love you, not just because I tell you so at every opportunity, but because I show you so as often as the sun sets."
"The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence."
"I never realized how much you meant to me until someone spoke your name and an irrepressible, goofy grin stretched my lips."
"The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years."
"I love you" means I want you to be happy."
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