Andrea Gibson Quotes

Love is the only war worth dying for. But every time I say 'please, come back', I feel like I'm trying to find a dirty needle into a haystack.

Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they're falling like
they're falling in love with the ground.

There are things we know by heart.

And things we don’t.

I know how much the pain of this world weighs but I can still tip the scales in light's direction whenever I have your name on my tongue.

If a tree fell in the forest, and you were the only one there to hear it; if its fall to the ground didn’t make a sound, would you panic in fear that you didn’t exist, or would you bask in the bliss of your nothingness?

She's heard stories of Vietnam vets
who can still feel the tingling of their amputated limbs.
She's wondering how many women are walking around this world
feeling the tingling of their amputated wings,
remembering what it was like to fly, to sing.

I have never met a heavy heart that wasn’t a phone booth with a red cape inside
Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside
Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing

Forests may be gorgeous but there is nothing more alive than a tree that learns how to grow in a cemetery.

You have a heart of gold and I am kneeling in your bloodstream panning for the only thing that has ever felt like home.

The worst thing that ever happened to me was not the worst thing that ever happened to me. Hating myself for it was.

Our hearts beat so loud, the neighbours think we’re fucking, when I’m just trying to find the nerve to touch your face.

What gods do you believe in?

I’ll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.

Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.

We’ve been hundreds of years

measuring the size of their hearts

by the size of our fists,

I know you think this world is too dark to even dream in color,
but I’ve seen flowers bloom at midnight.
I’ve seen kites fly in gray skies
and they were real close to looking like the sunrise,
and sometime it takes the most wounded wings
the most broken things
to notice how strong the breeze is,
how precious the flight.