Heather

“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

“The figures around me weren’t people, but shop dummies, painted to resemble people and propped up in attitudes counterfeiting life.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar