Ashley Bickert

“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
― John Boyne

“Don’t let society’s labels
hold you back. If you have a
true passion for something
whether its sports, art,
science, etc…don’t believe
anyone who says you can’t do
it because you’re a girl. If you
want to play baseball, hockey,
or football, don’t let anyone
tell you that you can’t. If you
want to play with Hot Wheel
cars and Legos, then do it.
Only you are the boss of you”
― Alison G. Bailey, Present Perfect

“Love isn’t stackable and interlocking, like boxes or Legos. Love is like a one-legged man standing on a three-legged chair that is placed on top of a two-legged piano. I should know, because I’m the guy trying to tune that piano, fix that chair, and affix a prosthetic leg to that guy—who happens to be my piano teacher. Mr. Balloonky, you get down from there now!
”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible

“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving