Brittney Johnson

“Mehri has always treated parenting like she’s cooking a big warming pan of something: a pinch of that, a pinch of this, she’s sure it will turn out fine in the end. Cora’s own approach has always felt more like baking a cake: carefully measuring out ingredients and trying not to ruin everything. She admires Mehri’s way.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“Yes, people's lives bump and collide and we send one another spinning off in different directions. But that 's life. It's not unique to you. We each make our own choices.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“And it may seem now like it’s someone else’s children, but there’s no such thing as someone else’s children.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“How she lived for them, and because of them. And in spite of everything.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names