Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Affection Quotes, Love Quotes

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going...

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going...

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Your worst day with God will be better than your best day without Him.

Your worst day with God will be better than your best day without Him.

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...