Michelle Frances > Quotes

“She’d been destined for better things. Incredibly bright at school, she was too much for the overstretched teachers who’d just given her more work and let her get on with it.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“What if it went on even longer, for a year, or two? Perhaps they'd just bump into each other on the street one day. Nod an acknowledgement to each other. Perhaps so much time would pass, they'd get used to being without each other- but this thought was so unbearably sad, it almost made her stagger, collapse weakly onto the sofa.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“Since returning from her trip, she’d found it an effort to get back into work mode.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“She had an excellent memory, something she was particularly pleased with herself about, and had used to full advantage throughout her life.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“What if it went on even longer, for a year, or two? Perhaps they'd just bump into each other on the street one day. Nod an acknowledgement to each other. Perhaps so much time would pass, they'd get used to being without each other- but this thought was so unbearably sad, it almost made her staffer, collapse weakly onto the sofa.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“She’d made him lunch, but had to put it in the fridge, and then she’d sort of drifted around the house, waiting for him to return, looking forward to seeing him, and getting more and more restless the later he became. By five o’clock, it suddenly occurred to her that he might not come back that night either, and she laughed at herself and at the sensation she had of being stood up.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“forcibly stopped them,”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“I wish I had a talent like that, she whispered admiringly, before turning her face back to the stage.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“She thought about her plans, a ride home on a sweaty Tube that delivered other workers to various parts of south London that diminished in salubrity as the seats emptied.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“But her generation was entering a future that had very little to offer.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“By the time I finish work, I’m exhausted. Friday night, I just want to stay in.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend

“Cherry often found that her brain was at its optimum under pressure. She got a physical buzz from solving problems against a ticking clock.”
― Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend