Affection
Affection or fondness is a "disposition or rare state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, state of being, and state of mind. "Affection" is popularly used to denote a feeling or type of love, amounting to more than goodwill or friendship. Writers on ethics generally use the word to refer to distinct states of feeling, both lasting and spasmodic. Some contrast it with passion as being free from the distinctively sensual element.
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Some articles on affection:
... “The affection-image is the close-up, and the close-up is the face…” (p87) Closeup = Face ... All faces are affection-images ... Affection-images move between two poles of admiration and desire ...
... "Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading ... song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection ...
... Further information Public display of affection Instead of kissing, Manchu mothers used to show affection for their children by performing fellatio on their male babies, placing its penis in ...
... These touches can be further classified as greeting/affection and departure/affection ... Greeting/affection Express affection and acknowledgement of the initiation of an encounter Departure/affection Express affection and serve to close an ...
... "Affection" is the lead single from Jody Watley's fifth album, Affection, released on her own label Avitone Records ...
Famous quotes containing the word affection:
“Children are extraordinarily precious members of society; they are exquisitely alert, sensitive, and conscious of their surroundings; and they are extraordinarily vulnerable to maltreatment or emotional abuse by adults who refuse to give them the profound respect and affection to which they are unconditionally entitled.”
—Wisdom of the Elders, quoted in Kids Are Worth It, by Barbara Coloroso, ch. 1 (1994)
“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
From North and from South, come the pilgrim and guest,
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored,
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye?
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for their husbands, so faithful liegemen should keep their regards at home and not look after foreign crowns. For my part I like not for my sheep to wear a stranger’s mark nor to dance after a foreigner’s whistle.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)