"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart."
― Washington Irving
Topic(s):
Love
More From Washington Irving
- "Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
- "After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty."
- "There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love."
More In Love
- "I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."― Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another."― H. L. Mencken
- "When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out."― Elizabeth Bowen