“Her eyes remind me of the Pacific: Raging. Fearless. Restless.” — Shannon M Mullen Beauty Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, I’m lighter, only half of who I was.” — Shannon M Mullen Bipolar disorder Copy Share Image
“Who am I fooling? Bad dreams never end. We just pretend they aren’t there.” — Shannon M Mullen Bad dream Copy Share Image
“That’s what mountains do, they taunt you, lure you to the freedom of the wilderness, and it is fucking exhilarating.” — Shannon M Mullen Bipolar disorder Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have to fight for the past and sometimes you have to let go.” — Shannon M Mullen Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Maybe love’s more than the daily comforts: more than morning coffees and flowers and notes in my lunch bag and holding hands… — Shannon M Mullen Holding hands Copy Share Image
“Due to their short bloom time, Sakura blossoms are a metaphor for life itself: beautiful yet fleeting. You’ll realize when you’re as… — Shannon M Mullen Beauty-in-nature Copy Share Image
“With thousands of years of history frozen in time, it's no wonder that many southerners like me romanticize the north as a… — Shannon M Mullen Acceptance Copy Share Image
“My mind feels like a race car on the track, getting faster and faster every time I pause to think or blink… — Shannon M Mullen Along for the ride Copy Share Image
“Just as I’m about to continue walking along the shoreline, the left third of the iceberg breaks off suddenly and crashes violently,… — Shannon M Mullen Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Sleeping is much safer than the nightmare I’m living. When I sleep I feel nothing and I do nothing and I see… — Shannon M Mullen Darkness Copy Share Image
“Maybe the truth doesn’t exist if you look the other way.” — Shannon M Mullen Illusions Copy Share Image
“Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.” — Shannon M Mullen Arctic Copy Share Image
“Of course her dumb Lab’s going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is… — Shannon M Mullen Animal Copy Share Image
“I guess all the time I spend on social media has made me believe that love exists above the surface, that it’s… — Shannon M Mullen Light Copy Share Image
“Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like modern… — Shannon M Mullen Feminism Copy Share Image
“Somehow I find the energy to continue the run. Part of the high that comes after finishing a long run is overcoming… — Shannon M Mullen Energy Copy Share Image
“I guess love distorts our perception of reality, and it’s even harder to recognize the truth when it’s buried underneath layers of… — Shannon M Mullen Acceptance Copy Share Image
“The west coast is a mecca for wild hearts, wild minds, wild spirits and I’m a WMD—I’ve got so much energy I’m… — Shannon M Mullen Bipolar disorder Copy Share Image
“The forest is blanketed by the greenest ferns and moss and bonsai-like trees, a wild majesty that beckons hobbits and pixies and… — Shannon M Mullen Forest Copy Share Image
“As I accept the flowers, I release my grip on the balloons, and they bounce gently against the ceiling the way they… — Shannon M Mullen Balloons Copy Share Image
“A bus drives past and I’m nauseated by a whiff of exhaust. Then rotting fish. The rancid stench of sewage. Is it… — Shannon M Mullen City Copy Share Image
“It is not the darkness of shadows: one that follows you, haunts you, terrifies you. Instead, it consumes you, becomes you, weighs… — Shannon M Mullen Comforting Copy Share Image
“Perhaps love in the digital age is more like Netflix binge-watching: we enjoy bursts of fantasy, and then move on to something… — Shannon M Mullen Digital age Copy Share Image
“The idea to go West just fell into my lap from the sky. Go west, young man. That’s how the best ideas… — Shannon M Mullen Bipolar-quotes Copy Share Image
“He nods, looking through the pictures on the screen on the back of his camera. Some relationships can only exist as memories.… — Shannon M Mullen Acceptance Copy Share Image
“When you’re in the wild, there’s nothing to hide behind. No bars or credit cards or movie theatres or cell phones or… — Shannon M Mullen Cell phone Copy Share Image
“It’s hopeless, trying to recruit a stranger to help me find someone who’s a stranger to him. But then again, we are… — Shannon M Mullen Cities Copy Share Image
“We’re lost in each other, in the heart of Toronto, slow dancing to nothing but the beat of my heart and the… — Shannon M Mullen City life Copy Share Image
“How can any of us even know what to believe anymore? Our culture’s full of so much phoniness and deception. Companies advertise… — Shannon M Mullen Believe Copy Share Image
“The intensity of my grief hits the mountains across Eclipse Sound, and then echoes throughout Arctic. There’s nobody around. I can barely… — Shannon M Mullen Arctic Copy Share Image
