Bright Girls Quotes

“He had obviously forgotten my name already as he picked up my place card, patting his pockets helplessly for an absent pair of specs, before holding it at arm's length. "GUEST OF ADAM HARRIS," he read aloud."

"It's a bit of a mouthful, but my friends just call me Guest," I replied.”
― Clare Chambers, Bright Girls

“Goodbye," said Dave, failing to make eye contact, but instead addressing a poster on the wall between us, which proclaimed that assaults on NHS staff would not be tolerated.”
― Clare Chambers, Bright Girls

“I looked down, surprised to find I'd finished my champagne. Not for long. Waiters were circling like lions round a pack of gazelles; at the sight of an empty glass, one of them sprang forward and refilled it.”
― Clare Chambers, Bright Girls

“We jogged down to the promenade in companionable silence, Adam taking the occasional swig from his coffee and tearing off chunks of baguette to eat on the way. Any second now he'll get the newspaper out and start doing the crossword, I thought.”
― Clare Chambers, Bright Girls