Perhaps it is our fear, that in the silence between stories, in the moment of falling, the fear that we will never find the one story which will save us, and so we lunge for another, and we feel safe again, if only for as long as we are telling it.
Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink. - Nick Flynn
Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.
- Nick Flynn
Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of… - Nick Flynn
Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of…
I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet wa… - Nick Flynn
I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet wa…
Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart. - Nick Flynn
Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart.
Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are mo… - Nick Flynn
Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are mo…
On a good day I write, all day. - Nick Flynn
On a good day I write, all day.
Who doesn't want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float? - Nick Flynn
Who doesn't want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float?
In my experience, whatever happens clings to us like barnacles on the hull of a ship, slowing us slightly, both uglifying and giving us texture. You … - Nick Flynn
In my experience, whatever happens clings to us like barnacles on the hull of a ship, slowing us slightly, both uglifying and giving us texture. You …
We got him to talk to a psych doctor once, the doctor asked if he heard things other people don't. Sure, Paul answered, I hear birds in the morning w… - Nick Flynn
We got him to talk to a psych doctor once, the doctor asked if he heard things other people don't. Sure, Paul answered, I hear birds in the morning w…
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