#affections

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. ↗

— Mary Astell

#any #creator #debases #her #self

My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#easily #i #i can #swayed #unfaithful

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#full #i #i do #know #like

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#bound #degree #easily #enjoyments #every

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ↗

— George Eliot

#difference #great #great strain #jokes #strain

In life, there are no perfect affections. ↗

— James Merrill

#life #perfect

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#affections #difficult #full #grateful #live

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#amusement #flat #friendly #keeps #love

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers. ↗

— John Britton

#after #associate #became #birth #early

There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it. ↗

— Max Lucado

#comes #extravagant #gestures #love #miss