Melvyn Bragg Quotes

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.

I'd rather kiss my best friend than kiss some random guy.

I like hugging who I like to hug and I want to be hugged by whom I want to hug.

Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.

I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.

I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.

If I'm in the airport, people will come up and just hug me because they feel like they can - and that's the greatest. They just want to hug because some place, some memory in their lives, I meant something to them.

I'm a very physical person. I hug people more so than shake hands.

When you meet someone, there's an initial reaction and then as you get to know them, things change, things deepen, or they go the other way.

Now, perfectly ordinary people will give each other hugs. I mean, it used to be that a hug was reserved for if you came back from Australia - you know, back in the '40s and '50s.

Honestly, I have a decent sense of humour with people I am close to.

There's a bizarre comfort and safety in doing your last and most intimate scenes with the actor you've worked most closely.

Touch is incredibly important as part of the human experience. Our ancestors relied on human touch to form and strengthen bonds with each other. Touch can accelerate a feeling of connection and releases hormones in our body that engender trust and build connection.

If you can fart in front of somebody, you know that they love you.

'Orange' is fun. Even when we're doing super-intense, emotional, or physical stuff, we're having fun. We're checking in with each other; we know about each other's lives and know each other's families and relationships. We're really friends.

This may be a bit of a broad statement, but I don't think there's anyone that I've met that I haven't created a bit of a deep relationship with. It's a really lovely thing to create a relation with people that might not anticipate that closeness. And that's kind of the light of my life, getting to be close to people.

I have some kind of knack for getting to know or becoming very close with people I've long admired.

I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him!

I come from a family where people are physically affectionate. Hugging and kissing comes naturally to me.

I am a hug-and-kiss person.

I'm really into the love thing. When I relate to my guys in the band, I tell them where it's at, and if I feel like telling somebody that I love them, I do.

I can't say I cared much for you when I first came back. There's that crappy attitude of yours, and you're ugly, but you kind of grow on a guy." Immensely cheered, Seth snickered. "You're uglier." "I'm bigger, I'm entitled. So I guess I'll hang around to see if you get any prettier as time goes on." "I didn't really want you to go," Seth said under his breath after a long moment. It was the closest he could get to speaking his heart. "I know.