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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

Shane Koyczan

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

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

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

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

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan

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

Shane Koyczan