The Couple at No. 9 Quotes

“drive through the village square, taking in the market cross, the pretty church, the corner shop, a café and the one boutique selling trinkets, cards and slouchy expensive clothes. All walkable from the cottage and in a dip, surrounded by the woods and the thick oak trees that stretch up to the sky.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“that our memories are forever evolving, so we only remember the version of the memory we last recalled rather than the original event.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“Who knows how long it’s been there? It could date back a few hundred years for all I know.’ ‘Or to Roman times,’ he says, smiling wryly.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“but before she can grasp hold of it, it floats away, like the seeds of a dandelion on the breeze, out of reach.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“She’s got Marian Keyes’s new one ready to begin.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“he feels a sense of duty. And he knows it’s what his mum would have wanted. Theo is the only family his dad has left. And sometimes, when his dad forgets to act like a total dickhead, in his more vulnerable moments, like when they sit side by side watching a film together on the sofa and he falls asleep, his face looking peaceful and old with his chin resting on his chest, he feels a rush of fondness towards him.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9