Affection

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

"I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity."

"A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives."

"In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels."

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

"It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being."

"Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections."

"We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life."

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

"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity."

"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."

"People's affection hurts me but it's a beautiful pain."