Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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• Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.

  

  Elizabeth Gaskell
  • Cry
  • Missed
  • Associations