Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
-- Narrator (Chapter 5)

Importance: The author utilizes this quotation, toward the outset of the narrative to establish her thematic exploration of time. When Cassandra first time travels, she sees the inscription on the watch her parents gave her. While she initially feels that the time travel will allow her to solve the problems in her relationship with Will, she learns that her relationship with Artemis is what she needs to heal. As the novel progresses, and the protagonist has more time to inspect her relationships and approach to love, she is able to see that she is not lacking.

There's joy in irony and I was named after Cassandra, the mythological Trojan priestess who was cursed by a sexually thwarted Apollo to see the future but never be believed.
-- Narrator (Chapter 6)

Importance: Toward the beginning of Cassandra in Reverse, the narrator likens herself to the character Cassandra from Greek...