All GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Quotes about “Affection”

“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”
“A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection. A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows.”
“That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.”
“All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.”
“The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.”
“Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural.”

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