Cassandra

“But just because you can survive alone doesn’t mean you should have to.”
― Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

“Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true:
That even as we grieved, we grew
That even as we hurt, we hoped
That even as we tired, we tried”
― Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

“in my experience men are curiously blind to aggression in women. They’re the warriors, with their helmets and armour, their swords and spears, and they don’t seem to see our battles—or they prefer not to. Perhaps if they realized we’re not the gentle creatures they take us for their own peace of mind would be disturbed?”
― Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls

“Symbols are for interpretation, not definition.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea