Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

For reply, she kissed the hand again and murmured:

"I love your hands, Billy. To me they are the most beautiful
hands in the world, and it would take hours of talking to tell
you all they mean to me."

"Whoa!" he called to the horses.

He pulled them in to a standstill, soothed them with his voice,
and made the reins fast around the whip. Then he turned to her
with arms around her and lips to lips.