Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes

The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like to hold in the dark.

Elizabeth von Arnim

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• Reassuring
• Glove

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• The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like to hold in the dark.

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Children
  • Dark
  • Reassuring