Ashley

“Ain’t the best prayin’ jest bein’ with God and talkin’ a while, like He’s a good friend, stead a-like he runs a store and you’ve come in a-hopin’ to git a bargain?”
― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree

“The sobs came then, faster than she could swallow. A teacher dares not cry, not a real teacher.”
― Richard Peck, The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Life flows swiftly by and sometimes through tragedies, but it keeps flowing on.”
― Dee Henderson, The Witness