We somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are, to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.
Tags: spoken-word, poetry, change, bullying

Other Quotes by "Shane Koyczan"

When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?
Tags: nothing, bad, past, you
I make a good living doing what I do.
Tags: make, living, doing, good
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.
Tags: school, people, me, bullying
She tells me about dreams. She says my dreams are helium and balloons, and I've made the mistake of letting go a few to many times, but I still got this one. Tied around my finger like a wedding ring because even though I don't believe in marriages, I'm gonna bring this one home.
Tags: strength, poetry, not-giving-up, inspirational, dreams
Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.
Tags: stop-signs, poetry, canadian
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