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“There is something special about a coastal morning. The day seems to have so much more potential when there’s a seaside attached to it. Perhaps it’s the brightness from the water, scrubbing everything clean like a front step, ready for you to start again.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

“She used to only play "Help Yourself," but now she only plays "Delilah." Is that normal?
"It's not unusual.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“I think the hardest part of losing anyone is that you still have to live with the same scenery. It's just that the person you are used to isn't a part of it anymore, and all you notice are the gaps where they used to be. It feels as though, if you concentrate hard enough, you can find them again in those empty spaces. Waiting for you.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

“One was our own Mother Fallopia, tall, elegant, austere, and with a habit so black she looked like a nun-shaped hole in the air.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser