Quote#Heart
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her…
Quote byWashington Irving · 1783–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820), "The Broken Heart".
English (original)
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul on the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless — for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.
— Washington Irving
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