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21 " The human heart beats approximately 4,000 times per hour and each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words ‘you are still alive.’ You are still alive. Act like it. "
― Rudy Francisco
22 " The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground "
― Rudy Francisco , Helium
23 " My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphorsAnd trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following "
24 " I swear that when our lips touch, I can taste the next 60 years of my life. "
25 " Dear Hands, I get it. You like writing poetry. But you can’t bring a metaphor to a gunfight. "
26 " perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely,that when others see us they know exactly how it should be done. "
27 " You want to know how I got these scars. I swallowed my pride and then it crawled its way out of my mouth. "
28 " Some say, don't burn your bridges.I say, if necessary, let the kerosenekiss it on the lips,and watch itturn to ash.There's always more than one wayto cross the water. "
29 " Some days I forget that my skin is not a panic room. "
30 " My definition of love is being robbed in an alley eight times in a row and hoping that there’s something about today that makes all of this different. "
31 " I write best when I am either, falling in love, or falling apart. "
32 " I'm learning that everything doesn't always come back the way you send it. Sometimes, love is more brick and less boomerang. "
― Rudy Francisco , No Gravity
33 " I hate you, but I still I miss you, and a part of me still loves you. "
34 " When you choose to be a poet,you become a place that people walk throughand then leave when they are ready "
35 " I love you in a language that I don’t fully understand. In words that I haven’t found enough courage to forklift out of my chest. "
36 " you wouldn't let me love both of usat the same time "
37 " Being black is one of the most extreme sports in America.We don't need to invent new ways of risking our livesbecause the old ones have been working for decades. "
38 " She is my musician, and me, I’m her favorite song. "
39 " Pour yourself into me and I will not let a drop of you hit the ground. "
40 " He sketches you as the antagonist and suddenly his transgressions become deleted scenes. He blames you for his sadness. And this is how the wolf cries boy. "
