“I can forget about her for hours or even whole days, and then the truth rushes back like a brush fire, burning me from the inside out. The person you loved? They're gone.”
―
Ashley Woodfolk,
When You Were Everything
“So for a second I allow myself to look and listen, to notice the world around me. But inevitably, that leads to noticing my utter aloneness, and to thinking of every ugly thing I've done that has lead to this moment.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“She is a force to be reckoned with, made of beauty and power and smarts. And that’s why I feel like a near-constant disappointment to her. I came from a storm of a woman, but I’m just a drizzle of a girl.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“Some people would say that this was a coincidence, that I met this girl so soon after I’d lost Gigi while our favorite song was playing, and that her voice made me feel like everything would be all right before I even knew her name. But I’m a believer in signs.I was right. She and I, we were friends for a long time. But things happen, and people change, and everything is different now. Still, I hope that girl knows I'll cherish the friendship we had forever. Even after everything.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“It’s not like it was a relationship,” he says, and I frown, annoyed at his reaction. Perhaps he doesn’t know how it feels… to break in this particular way. Or perhaps it’s different for boys? But girls cling to their friends for dear life as they wade through the rough waters of learning who they are while everything around and inside them is changing minute by minute. And aren’t we all a little bit in love with our best friends?” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“I swallow hard and yank out my earbuds. I push the tears back down. I'm sick of crying every time I see or hear or feel something that reminds me of her. But before I can move on, I have to shake off the weight of my past. Of our past. I need to rewrite our prologue before it destroys me. So that's exactly what I'm going to do.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“As we roll and pat and press the snow into new shapes, I pray that my memories are just as malleable as the snow in my hands. Hopefully my past is as rewritable as I'm pretending it can be.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“Lying is the new language we speak. It's the only way we can talk at all.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“I can't stand on my own in a world where you don't exist.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“My heart’s beating. My chest’s heaving. I’m not breathing. And you’re gone.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“Don't you think it's possible that this could be good? That maybe this won't lead to disaster after all? What if we find out that we fit together, like your grandparents and their hands? What if you, with your sweetness and your too-soft heart, those pretty eyes and very short skirts, are exactly what I've been looking for?” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Blackout
“You hate the cold and I love it,but I love you more.So always, even in winter, I pray for heat.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
“Words are kind of incredible that way. They have a mind of their own. But I guess the coolest thing about it is that by changing your language, you can change the way you experience the world. If that makes any sense.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“The number of ifs and what-ifs are infinite, and I keep listing them – trying to convince myself or Dante, or maybe you, that I’m sorry, that life and death are random, that we can’t control anything except how we deal with it all now.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“Everything is different without you here. Especially me. But I’m starting to think that maybe that’s okay.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“your energy is all love” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Blackout
“And for a moment I feel happy. But the snowy morning is making me nostalgic for something I can't name; for a place or a moment that doesn't really exist. I think of the past but also of new beginnings bright with possibility.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“As I look out at the blurry city, I embrace the illusion that everything is fine because it's snowing. And in the snow, I can pretend that the sad things in my life are just dreams I've misremembered.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“I shout inside my own head. For fuck's sake, stop torturing yourself. So I imagine a clean sheet of paper. Mentally, I start making the list I need to rid myself of thoughts like these. ... The systematic way I'm going to unhaunt my whole life.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“So for a second I allow myself to look and listen, to notice the world around me. But inevitably, that leads to noticing my utter aloneness, and to thinking of every ugly thing I've done that has lead to this moment.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“She is a force to be reckoned with, made of beauty and power and smarts. And that’s why I feel like a near-constant disappointment to her. I came from a storm of a woman, but I’m just a drizzle of a girl.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“Some people would say that this was a coincidence, that I met this girl so soon after I’d lost Gigi while our favorite song was playing, and that her voice made me feel like everything would be all right before I even knew her name. But I’m a believer in signs.I was right. She and I, we were friends for a long time. But things happen, and people change, and everything is different now. Still, I hope that girl knows I'll cherish the friendship we had forever. Even after everything.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“It’s not like it was a relationship,” he says, and I frown, annoyed at his reaction. Perhaps he doesn’t know how it feels… to break in this particular way. Or perhaps it’s different for boys? But girls cling to their friends for dear life as they wade through the rough waters of learning who they are while everything around and inside them is changing minute by minute. And aren’t we all a little bit in love with our best friends?” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“I swallow hard and yank out my earbuds. I push the tears back down. I'm sick of crying every time I see or hear or feel something that reminds me of her. But before I can move on, I have to shake off the weight of my past. Of our past. I need to rewrite our prologue before it destroys me. So that's exactly what I'm going to do.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“As we roll and pat and press the snow into new shapes, I pray that my memories are just as malleable as the snow in my hands. Hopefully my past is as rewritable as I'm pretending it can be.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“Lying is the new language we speak. It's the only way we can talk at all.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“I can't stand on my own in a world where you don't exist.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“My heart’s beating. My chest’s heaving. I’m not breathing. And you’re gone.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“Don't you think it's possible that this could be good? That maybe this won't lead to disaster after all? What if we find out that we fit together, like your grandparents and their hands? What if you, with your sweetness and your too-soft heart, those pretty eyes and very short skirts, are exactly what I've been looking for?” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Blackout
“You hate the cold and I love it,but I love you more.So always, even in winter, I pray for heat.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
“Words are kind of incredible that way. They have a mind of their own. But I guess the coolest thing about it is that by changing your language, you can change the way you experience the world. If that makes any sense.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“The number of ifs and what-ifs are infinite, and I keep listing them – trying to convince myself or Dante, or maybe you, that I’m sorry, that life and death are random, that we can’t control anything except how we deal with it all now.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“Everything is different without you here. Especially me. But I’m starting to think that maybe that’s okay.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, The Beauty That Remains
“your energy is all love” ― Ashley Woodfolk, Blackout
“And for a moment I feel happy. But the snowy morning is making me nostalgic for something I can't name; for a place or a moment that doesn't really exist. I think of the past but also of new beginnings bright with possibility.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“As I look out at the blurry city, I embrace the illusion that everything is fine because it's snowing. And in the snow, I can pretend that the sad things in my life are just dreams I've misremembered.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
“I shout inside my own head. For fuck's sake, stop torturing yourself. So I imagine a clean sheet of paper. Mentally, I start making the list I need to rid myself of thoughts like these. ... The systematic way I'm going to unhaunt my whole life.” ― Ashley Woodfolk, When You Were Everything
