“Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up." "Had to happen sometime," I say.” — Ashley Newell Growing up Copy Share Image
“I'd watch his smooth chest rise and fall with each steady breath, I'd watch the pulsating of his stomach when he laughed,… — Ashley Newell Body hair Copy Share Image
“I don't think they like it when we're happy" "Maybe they just don't realize that we can be, even here.” — Ashley Newell Happiness Copy Share Image
“P.S. It's not schizophrenia, it's creativity, there is a difference. My voices go away after I let them tell their stories.” — Ashley Newell Creativity Copy Share Image
“ Not a day has gone by , he said. Poor Jos. Days had gone by for me. It wasn't that I… — Ashley Newell Dead Copy Share Image
“You won't fit in around here, Skid," he said lightly. "A do-gooder like you can burn out fast.” — Ashley Newell Burn out Copy Share Image
“Man, who did you piss off today? Laundry and kitchen? Just take the damn drugs next time, Blanky, you might live longer.” — Ashley Newell Chores Copy Share Image
“You're not broken. You're perfect. And when you get to get away from these kids, you might finally have a good man.” — Ashley Newell Broken Copy Share Image
“This is the place of nightmares in so many ways, but there's nightmares on the outside, too, and one day, when you're… — Ashley Newell Being-whole Copy Share Image
“Zac dangled his legs off the edge of the building, hanging onto every word I said as though I were some old… — Ashley Newell Good job Copy Share Image
“Unauthorized making of babies was strictly forbidden by Freakhouse staff, but that didn't stop everyone.” — Ashley Newell Copy Share Image
“I have led you down a road of deception just to correct you and make you look like an uneducated ass” — Ashley Newell Deception Copy Share Image
“It surprised me that I was already using the past tense. People I knew. As if I didn't know them anymore.” — Ashley Newell Past Copy Share Image
“I went from a morning of fear and panic to mind-boggling confusion, to an overwhelming sense of guilt, to stuffing a pair… — Ashley Newell Anxiety Copy Share Image
“January 26th. The day when nothing remarkable happens to anyone else.” — Ashley Newell January Copy Share Image
