Ashley C Ford > Quotes

“I wanted to be seen, but I didn't want to be watched.”
― Ashley C Ford, Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

“There are few words worthy of the wonders they describe, but sunrise sounds like it feels. A u sunken to the bottom of one's throat, and an i, pointing upward and onward to a warm beyond.”
― Ashley C Ford, Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

“Truthfully, I’d been reading for school or to keep up with conversation for a long time. It felt good to read toward answers to the questions in my head, a familiar source of solace I hadn’t tapped in too long. It made me miss home even though I didn’t want to be there.”
― Ashley C Ford, Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

“Kids can always tell the difference between adult who want to empower them and an adult who want to over power them.”
― Ashley C Ford, Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir