Need for Affection Quotes

the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Our mechanics are engineered so that we can survive quite a lot, but I think our need to be loved is so great that it’s the thing that damages us the most.

You realise that there's nothing more endearing than people who are desperately trying to be liked or trying to be the hero, you know? Who also probably just need a hug or want to impress their dad?

I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age.

Why does she want me?" Coraline asked the cat. "Why does she want me to stay here with her?" "She wants something to love, I think," said the cat. "Something that isn't her. She might want something to eat as well. It's hard to tell with creatures like that.

I think everybody can sort of relate to feeling like the outcast and feeling a bit lost and just craving somebody's attention.

I was born in an odd spot and was a very sensitive kid. My feelings could get hurt so easily because I always wanted to be loved, I wanted to be touched, I wanted to touch somebody. I wanted everybody to love me, so I think I was louder than I should have been. I was just trying to get attention. I always felt like I was somebody special, maybe it's because I needed to be somebody special.

Men pretend they don't like to be nagged, but they love it, really. It makes them feel wanted.

Providing - that's not love. Being there - that's more important. I mean, we see that. We see that with all these rich socialites. They're crying out for attention; they're hurting for love. I'm not being judgmental - I'm just making an observation. They're crying out for the love that maybe they didn't get at home, and they got everything.

The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.

Wanting attention is genderless. It's human.

From 13/14 I was always hanging about with older boys. Boys in school used to call me names. But outside older boys would pay me attention because I looked older for my age. I was going to clubs from 14. I wanted to be loved.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.

People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.

I was the youngest of the house that I grew up in, so I feel like, as the youngest, you have it pretty good. At the same time, I guess I required a lot of attention, being afraid of so many different things. So I was never seeking attention; I wanted the opposite.