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

“Because sometimes their need to please previous generations is greater than their need to love future ones.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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

“I think I would like to stop promising myself away, or else there will be nothing left of me to give, King Castor.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth