I'll Fly Away Quotes

“Speak

because your
voice is currency,

and their comfort isn't worth
your silence.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“Most of what I know

I've learned from falling,
from placing the brighter side
of my hands against the earth
and pressing until vertical.

The ground has taught me
more about flight

than the sky ever could.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“Yes, I'm fine; yes, I'm always fine.
No, I'm not just saying that so
you'll leave me alone.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“hope the camera gods bless you with a steady hand great lighting, the perfect angle, and enough storage space to save the results. May you snap the picture at the right time, eyes open and smiling with your entire face. Months from now, I hope you stumble across the picture and you are ambushed by your own radiance.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“Now, preschools are having Active Shooter Drills. Now, more high schools are installing metal detectors. Now, we’re talking about giving guns to the teachers so they can protect the students, but that’s like burning all the trees in the spring so the forest fire won’t take them in the summer. America, this is climate change.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“Crickets have been known to eat their own wings,
and I too have a tendency to destroy what
helps me get off the ground”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

“How beautiful it is to grind yourself into sand,
offer the grain of you to anyone willing to listen,

hoping they will carry your debris
into places you'll never go.”
― Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away