Affection Quotes
It takes a great woman to respect the little man in her child, and the little child in her man.
It was a passion neither of the mind nor of the heart, it was a force that comprehended them both, as if they were but the matter of love, its specific substance.
Don’t stay because you think you can change him.You can’t change him.Maybe work on changing yourself so you don’t feel compelled to stay with menlike him in the first place.
Let's never stop holding each other's hands.We all need to have our hand held sometimes.
Vulnerability supported by love is perhaps the most powerful catalyst for real connection.
I do not know what to do with the emotions inside me. I do not know how to be this close to someone and still hold on to myself.
It's better to hate someone in the beginning rather than end up hating someone after loving.
Nothin' baby. You just get close too quickly because you've got a big heart and you want a big love.
How well do we actually know ourselves? Can we dare to say that we really know someone, like really, really know them?
To love purely is to consent to distance, it is to adore the distance between ourselves and that which we love.
Whether we are trying to buy a packet of chips or getting to know a person for a potentially important relationship, its nice to have an overview of what it/he/she contains. - Of A Sense of Self
A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relationships with a closed heart. How can one give love when the heart is closed?
I could tell you, but you should never trust what someone says about themselves. It’s something you need to see for yourself.
We need to imagine the turmoil, disappointment, worry and sheer confusion in people who may outwardly appear merely aggressive.
We may believe we are seeking happiness in love, but what we are really after is familiarity.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten- the secrets of married women by Carol Mason
Your body would not get sick if you held no thought of resentment. It is neither good nor bad of itself. If we hold anything against anyone, we will suffer ourselves.
I'll live to be one year younger, because I can't stand the idea of a world without you in it, and die buried beneath an avalanche of my own books.
I need to make sense of it - to understand how I could care this much and why I can’t let go…
We have already said more goodbyes than are necessary. Those were goodbyes that brought about the end of partings. We taught each other that no parting is possible.
I guess love distorts our perception of reality, and it’s even harder to recognize the truth when it’s buried underneath layers of what we imagine relationships should be like.
I knew I was really there, because I was the thing his arms encircled, the thing his love defined.
Sometimes you have to fight for the past and sometimes you have to let go.
Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like modern men still want a woman that they can take care of at home.
I thought you might supply some tendernessI lackedBut out of all the things I offered you took mybreath awayand now I want it back
Because sooner or later, all kinds of love - crazy love, wild love- fade into the same thing. The love becomes old and predictable -safe.