Affectionate – Quotes

The farewell between Hitler

The farewell between Hitler and Mussolini at the station was very affectionate. Both men were moved. Galeazzo Ciano

A peer relationship is one where the partners experience an affectionate, companionate coupledom. They are friends. They are the product of the egalitarian model; they are good life partners, but are often less sexual. Esther Perel

Again, I shall be

Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? Ernestine Rose

I am the planet\\’s

I am the planet’s most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. Elizabeth Gilbert

There is nothing so

There is nothing so strong as the force of love; there is no love so forcible as the love of an affectionate mother to her natural child. Elizabeth Grimston

Turkeys know their names,

Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They’re better than teenagers. Elayne Boosler

Theodosius was chaste and

Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his amorous passions was never diverted from their lawful objects. The proud titles of Imperial greatness were adorned by the tender names of a faithful husband, an indulgent father; his uncle was raised, by … Read more

We are uneasy with

We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love. Edward Dahlberg

Dogs are indeed the

Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation. Edmund Burke

At last, after almost

At last, after almost fifty years in the hopper, the most famous unpublished novel in America is in print. Who Shot the Water Buffalo? is a splendid story of comradeship in a time and place of constant peril, but it’s Babbs’s irrepressible exuberance and vast, affectionate good humor that make the story go. I love … Read more