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

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

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

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

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the read more

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you read more

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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.