Cassie

“There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“I don't feel like I can change the world. I don't even try. I only want to change this small life that I see standing in front of me, which is suffering.”
― Somaly Mam, The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

“My chest feels full of glitter and helium, the way it used to when I was little and riding my father's shoulders at twilight, when I knew that if I held up my hands and spread my fingers like a net, I could catch the coming stars.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper