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Shane Koyczan quotes: I've been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

I've been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.

Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.

Shane Koyczan quotes: I do my best impression of a penand when every problem looks like a pageI commit ink to paper

I do my best impression of a pen
and when every problem looks like a page
I commit ink to paper

Shane Koyczan quotes: We don't always get the answers we want, sometimes a simple look can haunt us enough to know some ghosts need their rest.

We don't always get the answers we want, sometimes a simple look can haunt us enough to know some ghosts need their rest.

Shane Koyczan quotes: When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?

When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?

Shane Koyczan quotes: We're all shipwrecked on this idea that everything has to be explained.

We're all shipwrecked on this idea that everything has to be explained.

Shane Koyczan quotes: When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.

When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.

Shane Koyczan quotes: I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied.

I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied.

Shane Koyczan quotes: It's not about putting forth the questions, it's about accepting the answers we ask for.

It's not about putting forth the questions, it's about accepting the answers we ask for.

Shane Koyczan quotes: You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It's there in their dreams.

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It's there in their dreams.

Shane Koyczan quotes: So men and women were born into workersBecause ideas like Right and wrongGet outweighed by needAnytime you've got mouths to feed.

So men and women were born into workers
Because ideas like
Right and wrong
Get outweighed by need
Anytime you've got mouths to feed.

Shane Koyczan quotes: We somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

We somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.

Shane Koyczan quotes: If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.[Blueprint for a Breakthrough (2013)]

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.
[Blueprint for a Breakthrough (2013)]

Shane Koyczan quotes: For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.

For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.

Shane Koyczan quotes: I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Shane Koyczan quotes: The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

Shane Koyczan quotes: We used to stay inside for recessbecause outside was worse

We used to stay inside for recess
because outside was worse

Shane Koyczan quotes: If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

Shane Koyczan quotes: My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways,

My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways,

Shane Koyczan quotes: How can you hold your ground when everyone around you is trying to bury you beneath it?

How can you hold your ground when everyone around you is trying to bury you beneath it?

Shane Koyczan quotes: I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you

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 quotes: We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Everything she meant to say wasyou've given a worth and happiness to my lifethat I had no right to believe could ever exist

Everything she meant to say was
you've given a worth and happiness to my life
that I had no right to believe could ever exist

Shane Koyczan quotes: Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.

Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Effort is the siamese twin of success

Effort is the siamese twin of success

Shane Koyczan quotes: For me, poetry was ... the fastest way to express what I was feeling, what I was going through.

For me, poetry was ... the fastest way to express what I was feeling, what I was going through.

Shane Koyczan quotes: There's 6.5 billion people curled up like fists protesting death, but every breath we take has to be given back; a nine year old boy taught me that.

There's 6.5 billion people curled up like fists protesting death, but every breath we take has to be given back; a nine year old boy taught me that.

Shane Koyczan quotes: We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

Shane Koyczan quotes: A question like "do you love me?" was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

A question like "do you love me?" was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

Shane Koyczan quotes: To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at.

To discover the thing you're brilliant at you first have to endure realizing all the things you're average at.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here.

Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here.

Shane Koyczan quotes: I make a good living doing what I do.

I make a good living doing what I do.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.

Shane Koyczan quotes: I accept any challenge, so challenge me

I accept any challenge, so challenge me

Shane Koyczan quotes: This is my voice. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

This is my voice. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Shane Koyczan quotes: But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

Shane Koyczan quotes: Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth

Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth

Shane Koyczan quotes: That's what we were told - stand up for yourself. But that's hard to do if you don't know who you are.

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 quotes: Getting over it/ just means getting around it/ and sometimes/ you gotta go through it/ leave it torn and blasted apart

Getting over it/ just means getting around it/ and sometimes/ you gotta go through it/ leave it torn and blasted apart

Shane Koyczan quotes: Please, sit in my sky and let me polish your shine.

Please, sit in my sky and let me polish your shine.

Shane Koyczan quotes: My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.

My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.