Kassandra

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

“I think we all wear armor. I think those who don’t are fools, risking the pain of being wounded by the sharp edges of the world, over and over again. But if I’ve learned anything from those fools, it is that to be vulnerable is a strength most of us fear. It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are.”
― 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

“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