Jerry Spinelli Quotes

The smell of loving is a difficult one to describe, but if you think of the times when someone has held you close and made you safe, you will remember how it smells just as well as I do.

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

There's nothing like being hugged or held or just anything as simple as that.

Hugs make you feel psychologically more secure and together.

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

Just hold me please,” she replied. I’d hold her forever if I could.

Nikolai stroked her cheek, then wrapped her in his embrace. “You’re safe,” he said tenderly beside her ear. “I’ve got you, and I’m going to keep you safe.

Everybody needs hugs.

A strange, warm feeling swirled in my chest, and for a brief moment, when I looked at him, I saw...safety

Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections.

Don't leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.

I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.

There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

I'm a huge sucker for comfort.

Being cuddly has nothing to do with size.

Our family always had animals, but they became more important to me as the years passed because they helped me deal with the absence of love.

Love for me is comfort. I feel most loved and most capable of giving love when I am around people or in places that make me comfortable.

Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

It's a lonely ol' night. Can I put my arms around you?