Quote by Kate Morton

“Cassandra always hid when she read, though she never quite knew why. It was as if she couldn’t shake the guilty suspicion that she…

— Kate Morton

Cassandra always hid when she read, though she never quite knew why. It was as if she couldn't shake the guilty suspicion that she…

— Kate Morton

“Cassandra buried her head in her pillow and wished she could just turn off her mind like she had the lights.”

— Anonymous

“I willingly accept Cassandra's fate To speak the truth, although believed too late.”

— Anne Killigrew

“As an only child, Cassandra found the well-worn paths of sibling interaction fascinating and horrifying in equal parts.”

— Kate Morton

“Simon: You always were wise beyond your years. Cassandra: No I wasn't. I used to be consciously naive.”

— Dodie Smith

“She is no longer sure that people are always improved by what they read. Furthermore, she is not sure that writers who venture into…

— J.M. Coetzee

“presumed that the reader was as fascinated by her life as she was - which was a deadly mistake. The other deadly mistakes she…

— Charles Bukowski

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever…

— Jude Morgan

“She read all sorts of things: travels, and sermons, and old magazines. Nothing was so dull that she couldn't get through with it. Anything…

— Susan Coolidge

“She had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many…

— Robin McKinley

“-why had she found the story so absorbing? Of course it was quite possible she hadn't. Maybe she merely preferred a novel--any novel--to reading…

— James Hilton