“The heart that has once truly loved, never forgets.” — Amelia Alderson Opie | V2Melody

“The heart that has once truly loved, never forgets.”

Expressing the enduring power of love and memory · Commonly attributed to Amelia Opie

Love
Memory

Amelia Alderson Opie

About Amelia Alderson Opie

Amelia Alderson Opie

12 November 1769–2 December 1853

Amelia Alderson Opie entered the world on a crisp November day in 1769, born into the bustling heart of Norwich, that ancient cathedral city pulsing with intellectual and radical energy. The only child of Dr. James Alderson, a respected physician known for his generosity to the poor and his progressive views, and his…

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“I humbly hope I shall be enabled to pray for my friends there, which is all I can do.”

A restrained response to anxiety for friends amid political violence · Letter from Norwich, 2 August 1830

“I feel a repose and peace, in spite of my conscious sins, which the world cannot give nor take away, and which I humbly hope will continue to bear me up unto the end.”

Expressing an inward peace she regarded as independent of worldly circumstances · Letter to Elizabeth Fry, January 1824

Faith
Hope

“How much were they to me in my darkest hours; how true and tender their sympathy! never to be forgotten. How can I help feeling for them who felt so much for me?”

Gratitude for friendship becoming a reason to extend compassion in return · Journal, January 1827