#affection

...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at some of those girls and see only the alienation and disaffection that hides their on fears and hurt. ↗

— Sophie Hayes

#disaffection #prostitution #stereotyping #stigma #teenagers

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#dumb #humour #love

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#love-of-god #love

We can all benefit by learning to express and meet out physical needs in a loving, caressing and compassionate way ↗

— David Bresler

#compassion #kindness #love #r-director-of-ucu-ucla #love

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#battle #brave #brave men #contests #daily

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#behavior #fact #feelings #give #good

When affection only speaks, truth is not always there. ↗

— Thomas Middleton

#always #only #speaks #truth #truth is

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#country #exceptions #few #loved #men

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#after #assertion #barely #come #entered

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#enemy #self-interest #true