--- title: "3 Jason Shinder Quotes - Famous Poet" description: "American writer (1955–2008)... | Jason Shinder (1955–2008) was an American poet who authored three books and founded the YMCA National Writer's Voice. H..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-jason-shinder-87664.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jason Shinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-jason-shinder-87664.jpg) # Jason Shinder (1955–2008) Poet **3** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jason Shinder was a poet. ## Quick Facts About Jason Shinder Born January 1, 1955 Died January 1, 2008 Profession Poet ## About Jason Shinder American writer (1955–2008)... \| Jason Shinder (1955–2008) was an American poet who authored three books and founded the YMCA National Writer's Voice. His last book, Stupid Hope, was released posthumously. ## Quotes by Jason Shinder > [“Just when it seemed my mother couldn’t bear one more needle, one more insane orange pill, my sister, in silence, stood at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-shinder/just-when-it-seemed-my-mother-couldn-t-bear-one-more-needle-one-more/) [Jason Shinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-shinder/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/jason-shinder-87664_death_just-when-it-seemed-my-mother-couldn-t-b_881745.jpg) > [“When I talk to my friends I pretend I am standing on the wings of a flying plane. I cannot be trusted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-shinder/when-i-talk-to-my-friends-i-pretend-i-am-standing-on-the-wings-of-a/) [Jason Shinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-shinder/) [Fitness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fitness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/jason-shinder-87664_fitness_when-i-talk-to-my-friends-i-pretend-i-am_2196849.jpg) > [“Find some humility, or it will find you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-shinder/find-some-humility-or-it-will-find-you/) [Jason Shinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-shinder/) [Humility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humility/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/jason-shinder-87664_humility_find-some-humility-or-it-will-find-you-3_3150365.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-shinder/#itemlist", "name": "Jason Shinder Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Just when it seemed my mother couldn’t bear one more needle, one more insane orange pill, my sister, in silence, stood at the end of the bed and slowly rubbed her feet, which were scratchy with hard, yellow skin, and dirt cramped beneath the broken nails, which changed nothing in time except the way my mother was lost in it for a while as if with a kind of relief that doesn’t relieve. 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