"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.
More Washington Irving quotes
"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.
"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; ...
"A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. Bu...
"I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.