Ascend Quotes

“If we become the thing we despise, there’s nothing left to fight for.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“With a kiss that soothes me more than I can say, he adds, “I promise, I’ll find my heart again. And when I do, it will be yours alone.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“We all have the power to wreak havoc if we want to, you know,” I say. “Most of us choose not to. That’s what distinguishes good people from bad.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“But emotions, like people, exist within a hierarchy. Some are more powerful than others, and as it turns out, joy is stronger than sorrow.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“It’s frivolous, I know, but sometimes all it takes to evade the grim reality of our world is a few minutes of luxury.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“But emotions, like people, exist within a hierarchy. Some are more powerful than others, and as it turns out, joy is stronger than sorrow. Bliss outweighs pain—and the human mind, as I know all too well, has an incredible capacity for forgetting how acute our pain can be. It’s how we survive. It’s how we manage to walk away from trauma yet go on living.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend

“Bliss outweighs pain—and the human mind, as I know all too well, has an incredible capacity for forgetting how acute our pain can be. It’s how we survive. It’s how we manage to walk away from trauma yet go on living.”
― K.A. Riley, Ascend