(noun) The act of affecting or acting upon.
"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
"We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life."
"A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives."
"I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences."
"In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels."
"People's affection hurts me but it's a beautiful pain."
"The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger."
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."
"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity."
"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."
"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it."
"It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being."