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Feeling loved4 quotes
Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. — Alice Walker · 1982We are delighted to find a person who values us as we value ourselves, and distinguishes us from the rest of mankind, with an attention not unlike that with which we distinguish ourselves. — Adam Smith · 1759Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. — Fred Rogers · 2003It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you. — Roald Dahl · 1983
Love2 quotes
Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. — Fred Rogers · 2003It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you. — Roald Dahl · 1983
Acceptance1 quote
Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. — Fred Rogers · 2003
Accepting others1 quote
Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. — Fred Rogers · 2003
Human nature1 quote
Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. — Fred Rogers · 2003
Need for love1 quote
Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. — Alice Walker · 1982