“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.” FeelingsHandsPleasureAnimalPiecesShapesTouchedSheerCurvesSculptureFingertipsPorcelain Book:The Shell Seekers Source: The Shell Seekers
“She remembered him smiling, and realized that time, that great old healer, had finally accomplished its work, and now, across the years, the face of love no longer stirred up agonies of grief and bitterness. Rather, one was left feeling simply grateful. For how unimaginably empty the past would be without him to remember.” YearsFeelingsWould BePastRememberFacesLeftGriefEmptyGratefulRememberedAccomplishedBitternessAgonyHealer Book:The Shell Seekers Source: The Shell Seekers