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41 " I hope I haven’t already driven past my greatest moments. I hope there is something beautiful on the horizon that’s just as impatient as I am. Something so eager, it wants to meet me halfway. A moment that is diligently staring at its watch, trembling with nervousness, frustrated, and bursting at the seams, wondering what’s taking me so long to arrive. "
― Rudy Francisco , Helium
42 " My hobbies include: editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors, and trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following. "
43 " Youth promises us immortality, but doesn't have the means to uphold its end of the bargain. "
44 " And the answer isnot every building that shakeswill collapse.The answer isnot everything that chipswill crumble. "
45 " When People Ask How I’m Doing I want to say, my depression is an angry deity, a jealous god a thirsty shadow that wrings my joy like a dishrag and makes juice out of my smile. I want to say, getting out of bed has become a magic trick. I am probably the worst magician I know. I want to say, this sadness is the only clean shirt I have left and my washing machine has been broken for months, but I’d rather not ruin someone’s day with my tragic honesty so instead I treat my face like a pumpkin. I pretend that it’s Halloween. I carve it into something acceptable. I laugh and I say, “I’m doing alright. "
46 " The word “repurpose” means to take an objectand give it amnesia. It means to make something forget what it’s been trained to do so you can use it for a better reason. I am learning that this body is not a shotgun. I am learning that this body is not a pistol. I am learning that a man is not defined by what he can destroy. I am learning that a person who only knows how to fight can only communicate in violence and that shouldn’t be anyone’s first language. I am learning that the difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground. "
47 " I’m just sorry that she had to be your fortune cookie. Broken so you could learn a lesson you already should’ve known. "
48 " Let's sing loudly,offbeat and out of tune.Let the world knowwe don't care how it soundsbecause the only key we needis already in the ignition. "
49 " Volcano surfingis a sport in which a personrides down an active volcanoat speeds up to 50 miles per hourusing nothing but a wooden board.When I heard about this activity,I thought to myself, it must be nice to feel so safe,you have to invent new ways toput yourself in danger. "
50 " Trying to convince my shadow thatI am someone worth following. "
― Rudy Francisco
51 " They now know solitude does not scare people like us and our absence is something that we are not afraid to give to those who call for it. "
52 " I wonder how long it will take the planet to tell us we can’t live here and the locks are changed. "
53 " I promise I will love you as if it’s the only thing I’ve ever done correctly. "
54 " I heard that karma is vengeful and is also a light sleeper. So I’ve chosen to love you like this.Quietly. "
55 " I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for. "
56 " I am learning that the difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground. "
57 " Remember, every year two million people die of dehydration. So it doesn’t matter if the glass is half full or half empty. There’s water in the cup. Drink it and stop complaining. "
58 " Alternatives to “Bae” The one who wins all of the arguments, the keeper of the remote, the girl who turns my stomach into a butterfly nest, the pink Starburst, the one I will always choose first no matter what else is in the pack, the red Kool-Aid, the right amount of sugar, the pulp, the part that makes the juice seem real. "
59 " On the day you couldn't hold yourself together anymore,you called for me, voice crackling like two sets of knucklesbefore an altercation.I found you, looking like a damaged wine glass.I hugged your shatter, I cut all of my fingerstrying to jigsaw puzzle you back together.When it was over,you looked at the stains on the carpetand blamed me for making a mess. "
60 " Do you know the human body is approximatelysixty percent water? When I walk into a roomfull of people, all I see is an ocean. "