Andrea Gibson

What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.

— Andrea Gibson

Your ignorance keeps dismembering every piece of patience I have left.

— Andrea Gibson

If you were to press your heart close up against somebody else’s heart eventually your hearts will start beating at the same…

— Andrea Gibson

You can have a cold war with yourself, even in the summertime

— 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

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

— Andrea Gibson

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

— 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

Last night I saw your ghost pedalling a bicycle with a basket towards a moon as full as my heavy head and…

— Andrea Gibson

“I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday And tonight I'll only borrow pieces of who I am…

— Andrea Gibson

If you’re handing out flashlights in the dark, start handing out stars.

— Andrea Gibson

“And if there’s one thing in this world I’ve ever known for sure, it’s that this girl is gonna crush me like…

— Andrea Gibson

Sometimes the most healing thing to do is remind ourselves over and over and over, other people feel this too.

— 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

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

We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

— Andrea Gibson

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

— Andrea Gibson

Everything but "I LOVE YOU" is small talk.

— Andrea Gibson

You can find me on the moon waxing and waning. My heart full of petals, every single one begging 'Love me, love…

— Andrea Gibson

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

— 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

My heart is still a leather jacket I am waiting to give to someone sweet.

— 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

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

— Andrea Gibson

My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked. There is something burning in there.

— Andrea Gibson