“Everyone knows pain. We are not meant to carry it forever. We were never meant to hold it so closely, so be certain in the belief that what pain belongs to now will belong soon to then. That when someone asks you how was your day, realize that for some of us - it's the only way we know how to say, be calm. Loosen your grip, opening each palm, slowly now - let go.” KnowsWayPainCertainAsksBeliefRealizingKnow HowForeverLetting GoCalmOpeningPalms Author:Shane Koyczan
“Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.” IfsWayGivingKindBeautifulThreeFiguresSightBlindSecondsBeautiful You Author:Shane Koyczan
“What I said was I’ll miss you what I meant to say was I love you what I wanted to say was that I meant what I said and it’s funny how all those things I could have said flooded my head after we said goodbye and I should have told you I’d be willing to hold you until my flesh crumbles into bone because I’m willing to die alone but god knows I don’t want to live that way.” KnowsWayWantShouldSaidWantedDiesLove YouMissingWillingShould HaveBonesFleshGoodbyeGod KnowsWilling To DieI'll Miss You Author:Shane Koyczan
“Don't tell me that [broken heartstrings] hurt less than a broken bone, that an ingrown life is something surgeons can cut away, that there's no way for it to metastasize - it does.” WayDoeLife IsHurtCuttingBrokenBonesHeartacheSurgeonsBroken BoneHeartstrings Author:Shane Koyczan
“I'm not the only kid who grew up this way, surrounded by people who used to say that rhyme about sticks and stones, as if broken bones hurt more than the names we got called, and we got called them all. So we grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us, that we'd be lonely forever, that we'd never meet someone to make us feel like the sun was something they built for us in their toolshed. So broken heartstrings bled the blues, and we tried to empty ourselves so we'd feel nothing. Don't tell me that hurts less than a broken bone...” PeopleIfsWayFeelsBelieveHeartKidsUsedFallNamesHurtSunForeverBrokenGrewGrew UpBuiltToolsStonesLonelyEmptySticksFalling In LoveBonesStringsShedRhymeSticks And StonesBroken BoneHeart Strings Author:Shane Koyczan
“My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.” WayStillsProblemSchoolFacesViolenceStandingEchoes Author:Shane Koyczan
