Ashgate Fortress Quotes

“I wonder if all weeping willows have a little magic in them.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“I'll sit with you amongst the petals and pain as long as you need me to.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“Do you remember the lamppost? In Petrichor?
It was a mosaic of broken glass. And the outcome was exquisite. That's how I see you.
Broken doesn't mean ugly.
Sometimes stains are beautiful.
Sometimes shattered pieces shine the brightest.
They catch any glimpse of light in the darkness and amplify it into a flurry of sparkles.
Even when the moon is but a sliver, it illuminates the blackest night.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“As minutes continued to blend together, piling up in stacks of hours that morphed into days of space stretching between the truths he'd divulged and the present, the potency of her anger had dwindled.
Though she endeavored to remind herself of all the pain he'd caused her, those emerald eyes expressed so much terrifying emotion, and she couldn't deny the effect it had on the cage barricading her heart.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“Hooked together, not only by limbs, but through the buoyant and effervescent energy that holds two souls in place following a moment in time so chasmic and significant and radically unexpected that they fail to realize they've yet to let go.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“I'm beginning to think holding your hand might be far more terrifying than being lost in the dark.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“We all think about running away sometimes.
Is it not the nature of all living things to fight or to flee rather than look our fears in the face with grace, compassion, and understanding?
Our thoughts do not determine the core of who we are in here.
Instead, our actions reveal a reflection of our desires, character, and inner strength.
You wished to leave, but you came back.
Which of these accurately declares the truth of who you are?”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress

“The man I knew him to be was like a fictional character locked in the pages of a book.
There to provoke connection and emotion, only to disappear, swept away with the closing of the final chapter and left afterwards to rest on a shelf.”
― Jessica Pietro, Ashgate Fortress