Hug Quotes

“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.”
― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The curse is broken. The king is returned."

He's every bit as terrifying as any serpent.
I don't care. I run into his arms.

Cardan's fingers dig into my back. He's trembling, and whether it is from ebbing magic or horror, I am not sure. But he holds me as though I am the only solid thing in the world.”
― Holly Black

“I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.”
― Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts

“I had embraced you...
long before i hugged you.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

“He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps forward and puts his arms around me and hugs me. I warm at the simple pleasure of human contact and for the first time in a long time i actually feel good." (James Frey, pg.38)”
― James Frey, A Million Little Pieces

“She liked that word: we. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.”
― Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

“i want to
stay curled and cosied
and chocolated....forever
in my mother’s arms.”
― Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence

“A hug a day keeps the bad boys away.”
― Jim Anderson, Unmasked: Exposing the Cultural Sexual Assualt

“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? That's how I want you to feel. That's what a girlfriend should do, I think.”
― Jake Vander Ark, The Accidental Siren

“I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now."
"Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figure something out."
Liesl managed to smile at him. She liked that word: *we*. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.”
― Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

“Hug while you can.”
― Jay Woodman

“You've got some power," Jakkin said. "One hug—and the lights go out!”
― Jane Yolen, A Sending of Dragons

“He rubbed his hands up and down, warming her. “Then that’s all you need to know. I have you. If there are beasties in the dark, they have to get through me.”
― Tessa Dare, Romancing the Duke

“Love is like encountering a forest and having to chop down every tree but one. Oh, and you have to chop down each tree by hugging it until it falls.
”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

“ I won’t leave you when I’m better!
Yeah, ok, whatever.

DadMight: “I won’t leave you, Kiddo!”
..Really?Ok.

You know, you all deserve a hug, because all of you matter, and I’m sure all of you have done something to change someone, it doesn’t have to be me. My lovers deserve a hug. My online friends deserve a hug. Everyone does. So, here.

Hugs you”
― ☆ Nozomi ☆

“Here’s what I’d love to see: A vending machine that dispenses cats for petting on your lunch break. Instead of money, the machine accepts hugs.”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“But as long as we all practice kindness wherever we go and don’t stop to wonder at this a so marvellous and stunning world our very existence won’t have been wasted. Not in the slightest! So let’s have a lovely drink, hug each other and cry at the sight of the beautiful sunset that we are about to witness! And then go home, get some sleep and do it all over again!”
― Ryan Gelpke, 2018: Our Summer of Creeping Boredom and Beautiful Shimmering

“The only thing that matters is that I'm holding one to him, that I'm holding on to him 'outside'.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“One of the best feelings in the world is when you HUG someone you love, and they HUG you back even tighter.”
― Lamiya Siraj, Destined to Heal Within

“And then she saw the journal I was working on, and she read the last page, and she started crying, and then we started hugging, and then I started crying, and it was this beautiful moment—honestly. I finally—finally—cried.”
― Caleb Pinkerton, The Suicide Journal

“«There’s something about the comfort of a hug from someone close to you that can’t be replicated by anything else».”
― Louisa Masters, Conduit Crisis

“Dane?” He lifts his bear head, sad brown eyes hitting me right in the soul. So much sorrow. “Are you okay, big guy? Do you want a hug? Or maybe some berries? Bears like berries, right? I’ll buy you the biggest bag of blackberries I can find if you come back to me in human form.”
― Rory Miles, Shadow Slayer

“Home is every place where your heart rests and finds comfort and peace. Even in a hug.”
― Daniel Gumiero

“The strength of love lies in its vulnerability.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“One hug does more to wipe tears than a hundred hours of therapy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“What about a good-luck hug?”
― Suzanne Collins

“He grabbed hold of Hanna's arms and pulled her inside the lift with him. Once again, the doors began to close, but Hanna stepped her foot back in its way.
Asa was still holding on to her and she looked into his eyes sadly, shaking her head.
'Asa, I can't. I can't come with you. Grey-
'Grey won't be an issue,' said Asa defiantly.
'We'll be away from here! And we'll look out for each other, like we always have. Hanna, please - don't do this.'
Hanna reached up and placed her arms around his neck, hugging him. It took him a few moments to realise she had. He did not get the chance to hug her back properly.”
― H. J. Redshaw, Mark Four Hundred

“Afterlight Sonnet

Forget about afterlife,
focus on afterlight,
light that is left behind,
by your deeds of life.

We need to paint the world human,
not red, blue or red, white and blue.
We need to stretch our mind unchained,
if the human is to ever come true.

Lever of life is believer of life,
Fever of love is fervor of love.
Speak truth where truth is needed,
but to those in pain give a little hug.

Never give a lecture unless you're asked,
Encyclopedias bear facts, not meaning.
Measure of truth is the good it does,
Truth without heart is bigotry supreme.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“It felt like chicken soup when I had a snotty mess of a cold, like a glass of icy apple juice when my body was on fire with fever. I didn't disappear into his embrace like I had in Max's, but he was still strong and comforting and almost like relief. I buried my face in his shoulder, and he found the sweet spot on my back again, rubbing it until I wanted to purr.
But then my skin prickled, and suddenly I genuinely felt feverish. It was only supposed to be a hug with a friend, not me climbing him like a tree.”
― Sarah Chamberlain, The Slowest Burn