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“O the anguish of the thought that we can never atone to our dead for the stinted affection we gave them.”

Grief Regret Affection Anguish

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

“Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be the impression of the absence.”

Memories Grief Objects Affection Delight Absence Impression Intense Poignant Widowed

Author:James Martineau

“It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her, and to succeed in his Pursuits, than for one who loves with the greatest Violence. True Love hath ten thousand Griefs, Impatiencies and Resentments, that render a Man unamiable in the Eyes of the Person whose Affection he sollicits.”

Men Love Persons Eye Passion Grief Violence Easier Thousand Succeed Ten Affection Pursuit Resentment Mistress Courtship

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“There's a deep affection and respect for the Queen and the monarchy in the U.K. But Diana was an extraordinary, iconic figure and her death sparked a fierce reaction, part grief and part anger at her being taken away. It was very fraught.”

Grief Taken Figures Extraordinary Affection Reactions Queens Fierce Monarchy Iconic Diana Deep Affection

Author:Tony Blair

“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.”

Heart Found Grief My Heart Affection Echoes Hideous Offspring Happy Day Progeny Grief And Death

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.”

Ifs Knows Way Giving Enough Moments Spirit Causes Grief Marriage Kindness Failing Source Holy Affection Psychological Generous Holy Spirit Spouse Enough Love

Author:Timothy Keller

“Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.”

Memories Grief Affection Sympathy Bereavement Widowed

Book:Endeavours after the Christian life: discourses

Source: Endeavours after the Christian life: discourses

“The idea of immortality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed in the human heart, with its countless waves of hope and fear, beating against the shores and rocks of time and fate, was not born of any book, nor of any creed, nor of any religion. It was born of human affection, and it will continue to ebb and flow beneath the mists and clouds of doubt and darkness as long as love kisses the lips of death. It is the rainbow -- Hope shining upon the tears of grief.”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Discussions

“Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.”

Women Grief Hair Husband Capacity Gold Thirds Died Extraordinary Affection

Author:Oscar Wilde