Hugging (quotes)
A hug is a handshake from the heart
- A hug is a handshake from the heart.
- A hug is two hearts wrapped in arms.
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A hug sometimes communicates more than words can express
- They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. Bil Keane
- Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you. Jacques Prévert
- A hug is worth a thousand words.
- Sometimes it’s better to put love into hugs than to put it into words.
- A silent hug means a thousand words to an unhappy heart.
- The way towards each other is through our bodies. Words are the longest distance you can travel, so complex and hazardous you lose your direction. Jeni Couzyn
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A hug is the best gift you can give
- You can’t wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug.
- I have a present for you, but I need to borrow your arms for wrapping paper.
- Hugging has no unpleasant side effects and is all natural. There are no batteries to replace, it’s inflation-proof and non- fattening with no monthly payments. It’s non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable.
- A hug is the perfect gift – one size fits all and nobody minds if you exchange it. Irvin Ball
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Hugging brings wonderful rewards
- We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth. Virginia Satir
- Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. Leo Buscaglia
- A hug a day keeps the demons at bay. German Proverb
- You can’t give a hug without getting a hug. Jacques Benigne Bossuel
- Happiness is an unexpected hug.
- A hug delights and warms and charms, that must be why God gave us arms.
- Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children. Princess Diana
- A hug is like a boomerang. You get it right back again. Bil Keane
- You know that moment when you hug somebody, when your heart feels warm and high in your chest and tingly? When you feel just for a second like a baby in a womb… that nothing matters? Jake Vander Ark
- When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give yourself over to that hug. For that moment, you give up trying to be someone or get something. You lose yourself in that hug. Kip Mazuy
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Hugging is a healing force
- Hugs are the universal medicine.
- Be a love pharmacist: dispense hugs like medicine! Terri Guillemets
- A hug is like a bandage to a hurting wound.
- Hugs should be available at the medical stores 24/7. Sometimes, they are the best healers for almost everything. Minhal Mehdi
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Hug someone every day
- Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Bob Moorehead
- Hug someone your appreciation. Violet Gartenlicht
- Every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Maya Angelou
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Hug your friends – and enemies
- A hug is the shortest distance between friends.
- Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter – hug ’em so tight they can’t wiggle. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Hug yourself
- Have you hugged yourself today?
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Hug especially when you’re angry
- 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
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Be the last to let go
When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Final thoughts
- I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug ten people at a time. Drew Barrymore
- I’d do more hugging and less tugging. Diane Loomans
- Home is where the hugs are.
- A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. Proverb
- Every time I think of you, it is like getting a hug from the inside out.
- I will not play tug o’ war. I’d rather play hug o’ war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. Shel Silverstein
- There’s no such thing as too much hug! Winnie the Pooh