Cassandra

“All parents leave their own scars. We're the ones who have to heal from them.”
― Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

“For so long, the past had been a wound still open. Now he could run his finger along the mark those years had left. Scars were nothing but tissue, keratin, a reminder of what the body could endure.”
― Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

“Art was many things, but in the end it was a question asked: What do you want to be remembered for?”
― Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief

“Clothing was magic. Casey believed this. She would never admit this to her classmates in any of her women's studies courses, but she felt that an article of clothing could change a person... Each skirt, blouse, necklace, or humble shoe said something - certain pieces screamed, and others whispered seductively, but no matter, she experienced each item's expression keenly, and she loved this world. every article suggested an image, a life, a kind of woman, and Casey felt drawn to them.”
― Min Jin Lee