Kassandra

“It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are. Sometimes I feel the same as you: I can’t risk having people behold me as I truly am. But there’s also a small voice in the back of my mind, a voice that tells me, “You will miss so much by being so guarded.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“I don't think you realize how strong you are, because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“I am coming to love him, in two different ways. Face to face, and word to word.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“And this was really generous of him.” Anna gestured up at the room. “And for a while it was fine.” Her voice did not at all sound like it was fine. She took a long drink. “But I keep thinking, I’m about to be twenty-one. In five minutes I’ll be forty. How you spend your days is how you spend your years is how you’ve spent your life.” -Jobs for girls with Artistic Flair”
― June Gervais