It’s no secret that majority of people like to give and receive hugs and kisses as it makes them feel good about themselves and their relationships. With 30 cute quotes about kissing and hugging, this Quotabulary post is out to share beautiful ideas on the subject.
Time for Some Facts
- A full-body hug can help reduce social anxiety, relieve stress, defuse tension, and increase self-esteem.
- With 58 hours, 35 minutes, and 58 seconds, a couple from Pattaya, Thailand, Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat hold the world record for the longest kiss.
Getting into a relationship, romantic or otherwise, is easy; the task of maintaining one is tough as it requires constant work and dedication from both sides. We try to express our feelings for the other person through words and gestures. Although some people may find it difficult to do so, there are always other means to show affection.
Through our hugs and kisses, we make ourselves vulnerable, and in return, ask the other person to do the same. And to sum up these emotions as accurately as we can, through words, we have compiled a list of 30 wonderful quotes about hugging and kissing.
Oftentimes, we hug an individual for a few seconds, or give a sweet, inviting kiss that conveys our deepest, most loving sentiments. These are the two emotions that when expressed, can conquer hearts every time.
30 Quotes about Hugs
“That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.”
― Deb Caletti
“A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.”
― Bill Keane
“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: Seven Steps to Self-Fulfillment
“I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.”
― Ann Hood
“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
“A hug is a smile with arms, a laugh with a stronger grip.”
― Terri Guillemets
“Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.”
― Gina Barreca
“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”
― Diana, Princess of Wales
“A hug makes you feel good all day.”
― Kathleen Keating
“However long a hug lasts, it doesn’t last long enough.”
― Kyle Schmalenberg
“Hug the shore; let others try the deep.”
― Virgil
“If I see my fans crying, I just want to give them a hug… and tell them I love them.”
― Austin Mahone
“A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.”
― Author Unknown
“Hug while you can.”
― Jay Woodman
“Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.”
― Bradley Chicho
“Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
“I love meeting people, and I know it’s so difficult for people to come up to me and introduce themselves, so when they do, I’ll grab them and hug them. It makes their day, you know? I love that, and I get positive energy from that.”
― Nicola Formichetti
“There’s nothing like a mama-hug.”
― Terri Guillemets
“I wanted my home to be a haven, like coming in from the cold to a big warm hug.”
― Cathy Bramley, Conditional Love
“The world is a mess. It seems that life gets harder on a personal level each and every day. Hug and kiss those you love every day. You never know when the tragedies of this world may visit your life.”
― Kevin Nash
“I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.”
― Taylor Swift
“I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.”
― Naomie Harris
“Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart.”
― Steve Irwin
“He was one of those guys who’d pronounce I’m a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“With age, you get to a place where you don’t want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.”
― Vin Diesel
“Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!”
― Drew Barrymore
“The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.”
― George Eliot
“The good part of having six kids is, there’s always one who wants to hug you and say, ‘Daddy, I love you.'”
― John McEnroe
“There’s a long life ahead of you and it’s going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.”
― Yoko Ono
“Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.”
― Leo Buscaglia
30 Quotes about Kisses
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
― Albert Einstein
“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
“A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.”
― Ingrid Bergman
“A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.”
― Rupert Brooke
“Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?”
― Henry Theophilus Finck
“A man’s kiss is his signature.”
― Mae West
“A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition.”
― Clare Whiting
“What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.”
― Robert Herrick
“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies’ hands – after all, one must start somewhere.”
― Sacha Guitry
“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.”
― Christian Nestell Bovee
“What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?”
― Robert Browning, A Toccata of Galuppi’s
“A kiss that is never tasted,
forever and ever is wasted. “
― Billie Holiday, For All We Know
“One day you will kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”
― Ingrid Bergman
“A kiss seals two souls for a moment in time.”
― Levende Waters
“Kisses are like tears, the only real ones are the ones you can’t hold back.”
― Pamela Ann, Scornfully Yours
“Give me a kiss to build a dream on
And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this
A kiss to build a dream on.”
― Louis Armstrong, A Kiss To Build a Dream On
“With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world.”
― Alfred de Musset
“A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth – and endures all the rest.”
― Helen Rowland
“Kiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry ’cause i know that in time
I’ll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye.”
― Jeff Buckley, Last Goodbye
“The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.”
― Juliana Hatfield
“A child’s kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?”
― Harvey Fierstein
“I like kisses that aren’t too fast or rushed – that’s what makes a good kiss.”
― Louis Tomlinson
“Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.”
― Helen Rowland
“How delicious is the winning
Of a kiss at Love’s beginning,
When two mutual hearts are sighing
For the knot there’s no untying!”
― Thomas Campbell, Freedom and Love
“Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.”
― Remy de Gourmont
“A hug for you means I need you. A kiss for you means I love you. A call for you means I miss you.”
― Author Unknown
“Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.”
― Mardy Grothe
“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.”
― Emil Ludwig
We hope that you enjoyed reading these wonderful quotes as much as we did.