3 Quotes & Sayings By Ash Parsons

Ash Parsons is an author and actor. She was born in Whangarei, New Zealand and raised in the small rural town of Tauranga, New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. She moved to Australia at the age of 16 where she attended the University of Canberra, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. After finishing university, Ash worked in a variety of jobs -- including teaching and mental health -- before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting Read more

Ash has starred in numerous television and film projects and has won multiple awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie, The Year My Voice Broke (2010).

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Scars prove that you're still here. That you can move on. Maybe missing a chunk of yourself, but here, goddamn it, surviving. Ash Parsons
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How everyone is struggling for something. Trying to keep the balance. Struggling to find their way back. Doing the best they can with what they've been dealt. Staying in place, doing anything to keep from sinking. To keep from rising. Until something changes. Like a day at school, a friend for lunch, someone standing up for you. And the choice to feel. Standing before you. Realizing what part is yours. What you can and can't do. Who you are. Who you are meant to be. More than the sum of all your broken parts. Ash Parsons