Elsie

“It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Confusion

“She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

“I know that. I've read it before,'
'Is that so? What is it like to read a novel when you know what's going to happen?'
'Once you know the story, you can notice other things.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Confusion

“Isn't that odd?' she continued as they wandered back from the front towards the shops again, 'When you see people in the shops choosing their clothes and shoes and stuff, they take ages - as though each thing they choose will be amazing and perfect. And then, look at them. They mostly look simply terrible - or just ordinary They might just as well have chosen their clothes out of a bran tub.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Marking Time