I do not believe that affection can exist with truth, without the ideal, and without blending with itself all that is best and most earnest in our nature. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

I do not believe that affection can exist with truth, without the ideal, and without blending with itself all that is best and most earnest in our nature.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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