Cassandra.

“Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Missing someone is a crazy-quilt kind of thing: acceptance one piece, but right above the acceptance patch is another patch, this one made of grief, plus two more grief patches over at the side rising up to slap you down—generally right after you’ve got yourself convinced you’ve figured out the gist”
― Lee Fullbright, The Angry Woman Suite

“Let’s honor a man or woman who was there, but never a war itself and those who start it.”
― Steve Anderson, Under False Flags

“The people you will love in your lifetime will give you certain things, different things. And those different things will shape you, and when you are older, if you are lucky, thinking back on what those people gave you will bring you a measure of contentment, for one reason or another—which is love. ~Lee Fullbright, The Angry Woman Suite”
― Lee Fullbright, The Angry Woman Suite