"She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal pleasure of feeling its shape and curve beneath her fingertips."

--

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.107, Macmillan

Rosamunde Pilcher

#Animal Quotes #Curves Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”
“You know I, I just think, that ah, things have a way of working themselves out.”
“Exactitude is not truth. [Fr., L'exactitude n'est pas la verite.]”
“Forgiving's a choice you makeâ€”a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away.”
“Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all other qualities. It is the ne plus ultra of the intelligence.”
“The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.”
“If you want to be loved, start loving others who need your love....If you want others to sympathize with you, start showing sympathy to those around you. If you want to be respected, you must learn to be respectful to everyone, both young and old....Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself; then you will find others responding in like manner to you.”
“But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.”

You may also like:

Anne Rivers Siddons
Novelist
Belva Plain
Author
Daphne du Maurier
Author
Joanna Trollope
Writer
Lynn Redgrave
Actress
Maeve Binchy
Novelist
Miss Read
Novelist
Rainbow Rowell
Author
Rupert Graves
Film actor