“One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships.” PeopleThinkingBelieveStillsReasonMovingI BelieveHalfBrokenDifficultyAffectionFixedQuantityTidesGoing OutAllowanceFriendship Broken Author:Freya Stark
“Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.” StillsAffection Author:Joanna Baillie
“I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss.” ThinkingKnowsWorldShouldYearsFirstsLooksStillsEndsStoriesRomanceNightPassionDealsWonderfulKissingAffectionLove StoryExcitementWisestDown The RoadFirst KissMy First Kiss Author:Elizabeth Gilbert