The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.
Elizabeth GaskellI look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.
Elizabeth GaskellOh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.
Elizabeth Gaskell