Ashley Martinez

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
― Eleanor Hodgman Porter

“That was the thing about pictures--they were worth a thousand words, but sometimes they weren't the right ones.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Skinny-Dipping

“Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Blue Bloods