Rae G

“The walls I’d built around myself were now paper thin, like butter#y wings. They were iridescent, and shimmery. It was beautiful the way you tore down my old walls and painted this for me.”
― Ashley Marie Berry, Separate Things: A Memoir

“Some thoughts are too worthy for words. They’re too pretty, or too heavy, or too light.”
― Ashley Marie Berry, Separate Things: A Memoir

“I love the wind and how hard it can exhale. I love the noise it creates, and the lack of other noises I can hear when it blows.”
― Ashley Marie Berry, Separate Things: A Memoir

“There is no part of me that isn't in here.

I'm inviting you in.
Into my thoughts, into my compulsions, into my voice.

This is a raw but inviting look into a world I wasn't built for, and that wasn't built for me.

My diagnosis makes some people uncomfortable. These people make me feel uncomfortable.

I separate the 'us' who are touched by this light, and 'the others' who have yet to understand why we are separate.

I hope this book will bridge the gap.”
― Ashley Marie Berry, Separate Things: A Memoir