Ashley

“My mom always tells me that if I feel like punching someone, first I have to say something nice to them. Out loud. If I still feel like punching them, they probably deserve it.”
― Kasie West, Split Second

“Yet experience has taught me that fate is sometimes cruel and that even a boatload of hope is sometimes not enough.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride

“My entire life has felt like chance. Random moments of loss and connection. This is the first one that feels, instead, like fate.”
― Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train

“Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion.”
― Shannon L. Alder