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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.

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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us...more

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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; ...more

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I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.