Quotes about Affection
To have the two of them there, at opposite corners of the table, with their long endurance in their faces, and their present affection and pleasure, was a blessing of another kind.
— Wendell Berry
When I held Beatrice, I caught scabies and lice. But it didn't matter. My only goal is to love more.
— Heidi Baker
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
— Henry David Thoreau
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
— Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child.
— Henry Ward Beecher
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The mother's heart is the child's school-room.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.
— Henry Ward Beecher