Penny

“And Cora realizes her daughter has learned what to do. How to soothe, to placate. That just through watching, the first time she’s stepped into this role, she is already accomplished. If it doesn’t stop, Cora thinks, this pattern will repeat unendingly, the destiny of each generation set on the same course.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“For the first time since before I could remember, I cried. It hurt more than drowning.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“There was a subtle power in bowing out.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

“Cora wants to say it matters because sometimes big men feel small inside.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names