Quotes by Irving, Washington

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard. >>

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but th >>

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. >>

Quotations about Bereavement

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. >>

A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruine >>

Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: l >>

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: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open -- this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

Irving, Washington