Affinity Quotes
There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness.
William James (2004). “The Varieties of Religous Experience: A Study in Human Nature”, p.280, Library of Alexandria
George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2002). “The Letters of George Santayana”, MIT Press
Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.39
You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.303
The night was a time for bestial affinities, for drawing closer to oneself.
Patricia Highsmith (2001). “Strangers on a Train”, p.144, W. W. Norton & Company
Theodore Parker (1863). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: A discourse of matter pertaining to religion”, p.202
Tracy Letts (2010). “August”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com
Jane Austen (2014). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.36, Lulu.com
Phil Pringle (2013). “You The Leader”, p.267, Faris Digital Solutions
Lydia Davis (2014). “Almost No Memory: Stories”, p.192, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1522, Delphi Classics