Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes

I shall give you lovely food; and Papa says that lovely food is the one thing that ever really makes a man give himself the trouble to rise up and call his wife blessed.

Elizabeth von Arnim

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• Wife
• Blessed
• Trouble
• Papa

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• I shall give you lovely food; and Papa says that lovely food is the one thing that ever really makes a man give himself the trouble to rise up and call his wife blessed.

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Food
  • Wife
  • Blessed