Children Quote by Jennifer Haigh

“When he felt her fingers, he flinched; he had not been touched with such gentleness since his childhood. He was no stranger to women…

— Melina Marchetta

“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor that dug…

— Meredith Duran

“The skin of his torso was smooth and golden, rows of hard silken muscles contracting at her timid touch. His body radiated heat, luring…

— Lisa Kleypas

“They were creatures grasping at life with stained hands.”

— Laini Taylor

“A human hand was exactly the right weight, exactly the right temperature for touching another person, I realized.”

— Gail Honeyman

“What was amazing was that their small delicate hands were touching, their monkey fingers leaning into each other. It was clear that it was…

— Mark Nepo

“The extraordinary-looking pair of young people weren't holding hands, but the way they tilted ever so subtly toward each other made it clear that…

— Josephine Angelini

“When we were young his hands had been soft but now they were a man's hands, with rough palms and coarse fingertips, but they…

— Jessica Marie Gilliland

She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer…

— Rosamunde Pilcher

“Their hands, swinging, touched lightly now and then; their nearness was as natural as the June day.”

— Elizabeth Bowen

“The children looked like remnants of themselves. Spectral. Some were naked to the waist.Many of them had sores on their faces. None had shoes.…

— Colum McCann

“The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like…

— Elizabeth von Arnim