Elizabeth von Arnim , born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and after her second marriage she was styled as Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as Mary, after the publication of her first book, she was known to her readers, eventually to her friends, and finally even to her family as Elizabeth and she is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth von Arnim. She also wrote under the pen name Alice Cholmondeley. Wikipedia
“Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.”
Elizabeth von Arnim book The Enchanted April
Source: The Enchanted April
“I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow.”
Source: The Solitary Summer
