01UndatedEven if you think you're doing well and have it all figured out, there is a voice you will always inevitably hear at some point which nags at you and says "but wait..." Don't ever dismiss it, listen to what it has to say. Life will never be close enough to perfect, and listening to that voice means stepping outside of yourself and considering your own wrongdoings and flaws.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
02UndatedThere is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take, there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
03UndatedThere is nothing wrong with revenge. The wrong has already been done, or there would be no need to even the score.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
04UndatedTwo wrongs don't make a right, but neither does one. Revenge may seem petty by day, but on some nights she becomes Justice.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
05UndatedIt is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
06Undated99% of all addicts are liars and thieves. This might sound unfair and even close-minded, but it's the truth. There are some exceptions to the rules, but they are incredibly rare. Most people are no match for their addictions. They will be driven to do things they would normally never have considered all in the name of getting high. Sad, but true. So if you're thinking of trying drugs, keep in mind that all the people you will be dealing with are likely to steal from you and lie to you at your own expense.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
07UndatedI can pretty much guarantee that you will at some point find yourself doing something that at one point you swore you'd never do. You'll do it for the sake of getting high, either directly or indirectly. Trust me. It will happen. You might think you know yourself better than anyone, but you have yet to become acquainted with your addiction. It will introduce itself in ways that you never thought were possible.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
08UndatedA lot of people who find out about the things I do immediately figure I'm just a pathetic "druggie" with nothing to say that is worth hearing. They talk endless bull shit of "recovery!" They make it sound like some amazing discovery...don't they know I'm far too busy trying to recover me?Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
09UndatedEverything either is, was or will be. Time doesn't really exist. It's just something we have made up that makes it easier for us to grasp the universe.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
11UndatedEveryone 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.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
12UndatedRemember 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 life's worth of experiences to you because you want them to. It takes time to draw someone's 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 doesn't 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 someone's 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. Don't pass these chances up too often, or you'll get lost in the tide yourself.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
13UndatedThere will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
14UndatedI don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
15UndatedHow good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
16UndatedHope is a Heaven to keep you out of Hell. It's hard work believing that it's there.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
17UndatedSome people like living in black and white worlds. Let them stay there. Appreciate all the colors you see in your world though.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
18UndatedPhones 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 I've seen yet. Oh the irony.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
19UndatedYou can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
21UndatedYour 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.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
23UndatedAbout a month after she found out about that, I got pregnant for the first time. I knew I didn't want to have a baby at all, and wanted to get an abortion. But the day I found out, I wasn't sure what to do first. I felt alone and lost and needed someone to call who I could tell. I needed help. I wasn't 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 didn't know who else to call.Ashly Lorenzana / quote ↗
