Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. - Washington Irving. View more images...

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. - Washington Irving. View more images...

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. - Washington Irving. View more images...

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all! - Washington Irving. View more images...

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 messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. - Washington Irving. View more images...

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all! - Washington Irving. View more images...

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving. View more images...

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. - Washington Irving. View more images...