Every Beautiful Mile Quotes

“The weird thing about grief is that one minute, I feel fine, and the next it’s as though my heart is being scraped across a cheese grater.”
― Ashley Manley, Every Beautiful Mile

“If we skipped everytin’ we wanted to cause we knew it was gonna come to an end, dat’d be a damn shame if ya ask me.”
― Ashley Manley, Every Beautiful Mile

“Never quit on your worst day,” Marin says matter-of-factly. “Dad told me that once. He said your worst day wasn’t the time to make big decisions because you won’t look at things from every angle or how you can improve your situation.”
― Ashley Manley, Every Beautiful Mile

“It is a battle of my brain versus my vagina, and I’m really hoping my vagina wins. I am Team Vagina so much that I would wear a jersey and wave a pompom if I had one.”
― Ashley Manley, Every Beautiful Mile

“You know about the people who come into our lives with their love and change us as much as the Colorado River changed this unforgiving landscape. The ones that cut right through you and carve you into who you are supposed to be. They move slow and steady, eroding what we were away. What they leave behind are the ruggedly beautiful remains that remind us forever of their existence.”
― Ashley Manley, Every Beautiful Mile