Andrea Gibson

Do you know they found land mines in woman's souls.

— Andrea Gibson

I could never trust anyone who's well adjusted to a sick society.

— Andrea Gibson

None of us are pretty, but our ugly has an alibi.

— Andrea Gibson

But when I thought I hit bottom, it started hitting back.

— Andrea Gibson

If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh?

— Andrea Gibson

We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction.

— Andrea Gibson

Everything but "I LOVE YOU" is small talk.

— Andrea Gibson

My heart is a parachute that has never opened in time.

— Andrea Gibson

Commit to loving yourself completely. It’s the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime.

— Andrea Gibson

When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain.

— Andrea Gibson

“safety isn't always safe. you can find one on every gun. i am aiming to do better.”

— Andrea Gibson

Everyone’s chest is a living room wall with awkwardly placed photographs hiding fist-shaped holes.

— Andrea Gibson

“I can guarantee a haircut will never tell you anything about someone's gender, who they love, or how they fuck.”

— Andrea Gibson

“And I am wrong more often than I am writing. And even then, I am often wrong.”

— Andrea Gibson

Love is like sunshine. Sometimes you have to get burned to know you were there. I want to know that I'm here.

— Andrea Gibson

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

— Andrea Gibson

So guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid…

— Andrea Gibson

Yes, I like girls; Yes, I like boys; I like boys who like boys; I like girls who wear toys and girls…

— Andrea Gibson

Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to…

— Andrea Gibson

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube then held it against my chest til it melted into…

— Andrea Gibson

and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds…

— Andrea Gibson

Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all,…

— Andrea Gibson

I'm never gonna wait that extra twenty minutes to text you back and I'm never gonna play hard to get when I…

— Andrea Gibson

“Bliss is the moments you're with me / when you're gone my life hurts like hell / but I'll do anything to…

— Andrea Gibson

And we were Banksy on an overpass in New Orleans spray-painting porch lights on the hurricane. We were welcome mats for the…

— Andrea Gibson

“...It’s hard to watch the game we make of love, like everyone’s playing checkers with their scars, saying checkmate whenever they get…

— Andrea Gibson

It's your worst sin saving your f***ing life; It's the devil's knife carving holes into your soul so angels have a way…

— Andrea Gibson

Let me also say I wanna make you sandwhiches, And soup, And peanut butter cookies, Though, the truth is peanutbutter is actually…

— Andrea Gibson

Right now there’s a man on the street outside my door with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear. He…

— Andrea Gibson

What I know about living is the pain is never just ours Every time I hurt I know the wound is an…

— Andrea Gibson

“Cause I don't wanna be a witness to this life, I want to be charged and convicted, ear lifted to her song…

— Andrea Gibson

Baby, I have no idea how this will end. Maybe the equator will fall like a hula hoop from the earth's hips…

— Andrea Gibson

“I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved them, then…

— Andrea Gibson

“For Jenn At 12 years old I started bleeding with the moon and beating up boys who dreamed of becoming astronauts. I…

— Andrea Gibson

“I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak But I know now it doesn't…

— Andrea Gibson

Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love…

— Andrea Gibson

“I still love you like moons love the planets they circle around, like children love recess bells. I still hear the sound…

— Andrea Gibson

“When they ask why we stayed together for so long I say, I don’t know. I just know that we cried at…

— Andrea Gibson

“I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT EVERY PERSON YOU’VE EVER BEEN IN LOVE WITH. TELL ME WHY YOU LOVED THEM, THEN…

— Andrea Gibson

I’m never gonna wait that extra twenty minutes to text you back, and I’m never gonna play hard to get when I…

— Andrea Gibson