#affection

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#begging #i #out #stage #walk

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. ↗

— George Eliot

#affection #altogether #attachment #faults #heaven

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#ancient #back #being #convention #due

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. ↗

— John Keats

#am #certain #heart #holiness #i

Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#love #sensuality #age

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#conception #foster #i #make #sacrifices

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#borders #geographic #homes #our #particularly

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #consists #enjoyment #happiness #nature

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetite #because #disinterested #else #equally

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

— Galeazzo Ciano

#between #both #farewell #hitler #men