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Quotations about Hugs
Come to supper, all; we have bread and cheese and tea, and hugs and kisses for dessert. ~Jay Benson Hamilton, "How Santa Claus Made One Dollar Hold Out," 1891
Sometimes when you hurt inside, the only medicine that'll help is a great big hug. ~Jeff Keane, Family Circus, 2013
Sometimes a silent hug is the only thing to say. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Science has proven that a simple hug is one of the most convenient and inexpensive therapies available. Yet we remain touch starved. ~Leo F. Buscaglia, Born for Love, 1992
If you're angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug — which is all the more reason to do so. It's hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that's precisely what happens when we hug each other. ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997
An editor thus describes a father's meeting with his daughter at the train... From the middle of the merry throng sprang a good-sized whirlwind. She rushed toward the dignified gentleman who was calmly waiting. Her suitcase flew one way and her umbrella another as she leaped upon him and clasped him about the neck with a hug which would have done credit to a cub bear. His hat flew off, his coat was torn open, and he staggered under the impetuous force of the assault. Of the sleek and dignified person so lately standing calmly on the platform only a happy wreck was left. ~Great Archers and Their Weapons and Fresh Arrows from Many Quivers: A Study of Illustrative Powers of Pulpit Orators, by Louis Albert Banks, 1903 [a little altered
And then, somehow, I don't know why,
I tell her everything and cry.
She hugs me then, and right away
I feel less sad. That's mother's way...
~Anonymous, "Mother's Way," c. 1905
HUG A roundabout way of expressing affection. ~Charles Wayland Towne, The Foolish Dictionary, Executed by Gideon Wurdz, Master of Pholly, Doctor of Loquacious Lunacy, etc., 1904
Embracing is vulgarly called hugging or squeezing, and is an operation of endearment that lovers are very apt to fall into when sitting alone by the side of each other. A seat under a tree, that grows on the banks of a limpid stream, where true lovers sit listening to the murmuring of the waters, and looking at their own forms gracefully mirrored beneath them, is a situation in which the arms unconsciously draw the yielding bodies into closer proximity than is absolutely necessary for the ordinary purposes of conversation. ~Theocritus Junior, The Dictionary of Love, 1858
I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. ~Maya Angelou
Strong love paralyzes the vocal cords, leaving the functions of speech to looks, hugs, and osculation. ~Sarah L. Minchler
Her companion made no reply save to press her arm closer... ~Florence Bone (1875–1971), The Morning of
There's nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets
We will have two kinds of dessert. Hugs and kisses from mamma, and hugs and kisses from papa... ~Jay Benson Hamilton, "How Santa Claus Made One Dollar Hold Out," 1891
Hugs are great gifts... The only wrapping is arms! ~Bil Keane, Family Circus, 2007
I need a hugjob. ~Tony Delgrosso, @Tony_D, tweet, 2009
I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs....
~Shel Silverstein, "Hug o' War," Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1974
Have you hugged someone your appreciation today? ~Terri Guillemets
Giggle until you cry
Hug without asking why
~Terri Guillemets
This is my favorite place — inside your hug. ~Bil Keane, Family Circus
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