20 Quotes by Ashley Nikole

There are supernatural seasons that cannot be solved with physical solutions.

Crying isn't so bad. I mean, I have a sister..." He paused, and she had the distinct impression he was debating whether or not he should elaborate. On what, Ellie wasn't sure. "And I cry all the time," he said, his voice slightly higher pitched than it usually was. "You do?" Ellie ventured, her voice sounding muted from crying. "Well, it's been a while...and by 'a while', I mean about two days,

Justice moaned, feeling herself drifting. Falling. With no one to catch her.

Getting shot wasn’t an issue of skill; it was an issue of chance. And Justice had a bullet-sized issue of chance lodged in her shoulder.

I despise my humanity, Alex,” he whispered, drawing a shaky breath. “My…fallibility. I wasn’t…” He blinked, sending a torrent of tears down his face. “I wasn’t there for her like I said I would be.” Alex squeezed his shoulder. “Your best, your human best, doesn’t include guarantees.

I was walking along one day and smacked into this wall called hope deferred and depression and...grief. And it wouldn't budge. After some time, I realized this darkness I'd found myself in was called grief. I'd been through so much trauma, everything about me- including my body, emotions and soul, was shutting down and going into preservation mode. I entered a season where the battle caught up with me and I realized just how badly I'd been beaten and torn up, inside and out.

I know good things have happened, don't mistake an expression of pain for a lack of thankfulness.

But I think it is so important to not rush the process of grief- & I do not mean moping & wallowing. There's a difference, & often the three get mixed into the same cake & presented as- SELFISH (& often times self-inflicted) AGONY. Not the same thing.

Pain only shows us we've lost something that was intimately involved in our lives. Why on earth would we do anything other than grieve, when something that was apart of us, is ripped away?