Affection Quotes

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.

We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection, and dream of perfection.

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Once you have drunk from the water of unconditional love, no other well can satisfy your thirst. The pangs of separation may become so intense that seeking the affection of the Beloved becomes an obsession.

I was so moved by your false affections I was pushed right off the ledge but love didn’t come to find me abandonment did instead.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.