Ashbury Quotes

“There's a lot you can do with a name like Amelia.
You can play with it, sure, is what you think I'm going to say. Make it cute (Amy), or cuter (Millie), complaining (Meelie), or French, I guess, like the movie (Amélie).
You can step right into that name, is what I mean, and walk around. Swim with it or spill it on your shirt. Whisper it over like a sad, soft ache, or bark it out aloud like a mad, manic message: camellia, come heee-re, a-million, ah murder you, ye-eah.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Ghosts of Ashbury High

“You should have seen her this morning,' he said, smiling. 'She's got into the pantry and tipped a box of Cheerios all over the kitchen floor. I walk in and she's crawling around eating them as fast as she can. Mum's standing there, watching her - she got this embarrassed look when she saw me - she does, 'I know, I know, but I can't bring myself to stop her. She thinks she's hit the jackpot.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Ghosts of Ashbury High

“Sure and you've got to keep your own spitis up, for there's no one else will do that for you!”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Ghosts of Ashbury High

“And everywhere I turned: Riley and Amelia.
I suppose this could have been because I was always following them around.”
― Jaclyn Moriarty, The Ghosts of Ashbury High