We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves.

— Ashly Lorenzana

We may seem fine, even when the pain remains right there beneath our surface.

— Ashly Lorenzana

What is the point of our lives? There isn't any. I can't seem to decide how much horror and how much joy lies within that simple truth, but I know it is both of those things at once.

— Ashly Lorenzana

What you should actually be trying to figure out is how to tell your story. The one that is every bit as unique to you as your fingerprints. This is the truly amazing feat because you are literally the only person capable of doing that. Only you know all the parts to your story, and only you can pass it on for others to hear if you choose to.

— Ashly Lorenzana

When you want to share something with another person more than anything, it is one of the most difficult things to realize that you can never have it. Accepting this realization is even more difficult. Loving someone does mean saying goodbye to them in some cases, though we will fight that until the oftentimes bitter end before doing the right thing.

— Ashly Lorenzana

While it's true that I am guided in life by my feelings and emotions, that certainly does NOT mean that I trust them. Emotions are reactions to things based on all of a person's prior experiences, and we sometimes forget just how limited those are.

— Ashly Lorenzana

Yeah, I'm a drug addict. And a prostitute. The whole world knows. Not because I robbed my own family. Not because I ended up behind bars. Not because I've been hassled by the cops when soliciting customers from a local street corner. Not because I'm shooting up in the public bathrooms at your city park. Everyone knows because I told them all. I never tried to hide any of it. I never felt the need to.

— Ashly Lorenzana

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

— Ashly Lorenzana

You cannot force things apart that are bound at the heart.

— Ashly Lorenzana

You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.

— Ashly Lorenzana