nostalgic affection Quotes

Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves.

I believe in love in hindsight, meaning attraction and connection can be remembered as love at first sight. But how could you possibly know at first sight? That's too much pressure to put on a relationship.

Only one who loves can remember so well.

I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth." "And which do you love best?" "The dream.

Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.

I fell in love with melancholy

I still felt fondness for her - fondness, that pleasant, detached mix of admiration and sentiment, appreciation and nostalgia.

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.

First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.

We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of—but we never love again.

You can never totally hate someone who sang you to sleep like that, can you? Who calmed you down and eased your fears. You can feel angry and betrayed, but some part of you will always love them for being there on those scary nights, for giving you a place to run to where your nightmares couldn't follow, the one place where you could descend finally into slumber knowing, at least for the time being, that you were completely safe.