Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book. (Eva Ibbotson)

Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.

Eva Ibbotson

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