Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: September 29, 1810 - November 12, 1865
Birthday: September 29
Death: November 12
Neither loss of father, nor loss of mother, dear as she was to Mr Thornton, could have poisoned the remembrance of the weeks, the days, the hours, when a walk of two miles, every step of which was pleasant, as it brought him nearer and nearer to her, took him to her sweet presence - every step of which was rich, as each recurring moment that bore him away from her made him recal some fresh grace in her demeanour, or pleasant pungency in her character.
source: Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1236, Delphi Classics
topic: Mother, Sweet, Father, Mr Thornton, Recurring
