crumb of affection

Despite her father's crimes, no longer would she beg at Kyne's feet for crumbs of affection.

As it was, you were living like a mouse in a wall, off the crumbs of affection that Starling tossed to you.

You were so eager, so pathetic, so starved for any crumb of affection."

Acosta pursued Garbo, with Garbo occasionally bestowing a few crumbs of affection.

She'd had enough of living on crumbs of affection, of trying to make him love her, and her pride was in danger of being damaged beyond repair.

But whether the feeling was for them, for two aging lovers having to steal a few crumbs of affection in a parking lot, or for their imagined spouses, he was not certain.