Ashley Schmidt

“Lift every voice and sing.”
― James Weldon Johnson

“What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.”
― Carolyn Kizer

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey