Charlotte Ensor

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“It doesn’t matter, Will says. You let her get smaller, and thinner, and even quieter than she was.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I wish I’d done everything on earth with you, she says. The street is quiet. No cars, or closing doors. Just them, and her voice, on the linen-dry wind. It’s not mine, she says. The quote. But it’s beautiful, isn’t it? He nods, but barely, because he is not used to such talk. And I feel it, Rosie says, still with that smile of hers. I was just thinking that I feel it.”
― Claire Daverley, Talking at Night