I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be read more

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at read more

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; read more

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way read more

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all read more

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,--all duties even.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

I was adored once too.

I was adored once too.