Emma

“She always paid attention to fingers rather than faces because they told so much more. People remembered to guard their faces. They forgot their hands. Her own were small, though strong and supple from all the hours of piano playing, but what use was that now? For the first time she understood what real danger does to the human mind, as flat white fear froze the coils of her brain.”
― Kate Furnivall, The Jewel of St. Petersburg

“I can never resist telling people good news. I mean, why not brighten someone else's life too?”
― Sophie Kinsella, Twenties Girl

“It's easy to discount family. It's easy to take them for granted. But your family is your history. Your family is part of who you are.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Twenties Girl

“You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don’t quite fit in anywhere. And then you walk into a room one day, whether it’s at university or an office or some kind of club, and you just go, ‘Ah. There they are.’ And suddenly you feel at home.”
― Jojo Moyes, One Plus One