Quotes by Ashly Lorenzana

Everything either is, was or will be. Time doesnt really exist. Its just something we have made up that makes it easier for us to grasp the universe.

The world is big in some ways, and so small in others.

Everyone has a unique problem of their own, an issue that follows them throughout life and never goes away. You discover it early and go on to struggle with it for the rest of your life, almost until it eventually becomes an old enemy that you lose the will to fight or hate anymore. And just as every person has their own void, their own haunt or their own unanswered question...they also have the power to turn it into a legacy every bit as profound as they make it.

Remember that every person who you come into contact to on any given day has a story that is probably far more amazing than you will imagine and no one is going to just offer up their entire lifes worth of experiences to you because you want them to. It takes time to draw someones story out from within them. It takes trust. It takes sincerity and dedication. Keep in mind that each and every interaction you have with all those people on a daily basis is a unique opportunity to develop any kind of relationship with that person that the two of you might want to be a part of. It doesnt matter how you meet them or what it is that you do with them. It can be as mundane as waving to them in the morning as they leave their driveway, or it can be as huge as saving someones life in a moment of uncertainty and sacrifice. Each person has the potential to become a friend or a lover or to simply teach you something important and then slip back into the endless rush of other bodies moving about the planet around us. Dont pass these chances up too often, or youll get lost in the tide yourself.

There will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.

I dont think Ive ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets.

How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.

Hope is a Heaven to keep you out of Hell. Its hard work believing that its there.

Some people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.

Phones with numerical keypads worked best for dialing phone calls. Incidentally, phone calls tend to be the primary function of a phone. Smartphones completely ignore these basic facts, resulting in some of the least intelligent devices Ive seen yet. Oh the irony.

​You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.

Storytellers dont show, they tell. Im sticking with that.

Your whole life and the story of your journey is the landscape picture on the front of the box of a 1,000 piece puzzle. The pieces are each a small sticky note that ends in mid-sentence. You simply need to figure out where each one starts and ends.

How many pages will it take to tell your story?

About a month after she found out about that, I got pregnant for the first time. I knew I didnt want to have a baby at all, and wanted to get an abortion. But the day I found out, I wasnt sure what to do first. I felt alone and lost and needed someone to call who I could tell. I needed help. I wasnt sure if she would talk to me again so soon after what had happened. I decided to take a chance and try calling her. When I told her, she said, Well, an abortion is only like $500, so go turn a couple of tricks and get it taken care of, before she hung up on me. I probably should have called someone else, but I didnt know who else to call.

Drugs dont really fix anything, except for everything.

Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in.

Drugs suck more than anything else I have ever liked so much.

Dont kid yourself by saying that one time cant make you addicted. It can. I believed it couldnt too when I first tried meth. I was so, so wrong. The worst part about it is that you wont realize what has happened immediately afterwards. Addiction is a gradual process and it doesnt happen overnight. But trust me when I tell you that one time is all that it takes to set this into motion. It can and it will.

No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil.