Pip

“His expression morphs each time she pictures it. Sometimes he is benign, sometimes stern, almost maleficent. A word so close to magnificent, she thinks, sent off-course by maleness. But his expression is irrelevant. Far more important is the question of where he was going. And who might be waiting for him at the other end.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“What if his presence changes who Bear is, his sense of himself knocked off balance as easily as a scoop of ice cream from a cone.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“And as they talk, she realises everything that tilts the balance in his favour upsets some other internal measure. She feels as though she has entered a funfair house of mirrors, where whatever is there in front of her may not be what it seems.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“Yet, there must be something else. She is suddenly gripped with such curiosity it feels primal. She needs to know: After the war, after the marriage, after the suicide—what happens next?”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People