We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them. Shane Koyczan More Quotes by Shane Koyczan More Quotes From Shane Koyczan Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently. Shane Koyczan luggagetravel If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Shane Koyczan athletebeautifulbeauty We're all shipwrecked on this idea that everything has to be explained. Shane Koyczan ideas To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at. Shane Koyczan deep-thoughtdiscoveryaverage Maybe the best we can hope for is that those we leave behind find comfort in knowing, that we’re born out of love, and not science. That biology explains the how, but love explains the why Shane Koyczan biologyknowingcomfort Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough. Shane Koyczan sizedotsthinking This is my voice. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Shane Koyczan riflescreedsvoice I've been shot down so many times, I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself. Shane Koyczan sicknessmotivationinspiration I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you Shane Koyczan smellflowerbeautiful Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity. Shane Koyczan addictionbecomingdrug 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. Shane Koyczan heartachecuttinghurt That’s what we were told—stand up for yourself. But that’s hard to do if you don’t know who you are. Shane Koyczan stand-up-for-yourselfhardknows You, me, this city, this country, we will always have a choice.When you stand up to be counted, tell the world, THIS IS MY VOICE. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Shane Koyczan voicecitiescountry A question like “do you love me?” was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch. Shane Koyczan do-you-love-mescratchesdoctors Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here. Shane Koyczan mirrorsreflectionlooks My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs. Shane Koyczan ribsmy-heartheart I accept any challenge, so challenge me Shane Koyczan acceptingchallenges You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams. Shane Koyczan deafsilencedream Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth Shane Koyczan darkskyclouds But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized. Shane Koyczan being-realprocessideas
