I was never meant to be this thing...

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art 
of opening up.

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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