Albert Borris Quotes

#1. The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant.

Susan Davis

#2. I just want to be happy. I want to feel better.

Albert Borris

#3. When you attempt suicide, the counselors try to talk you out of trying it again by asking you about other people, which is good prevention if you care about other people.

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#4. I've been asked by lots of people, "What happens if you do kill yourself?" They want to know about what it would be like for other people around you, like the person who would find your body, the other kids at school, whoever would have to clean up the blood, what your family holidays would be like.

Albert Borris

#5. Michael is easier to understand - he had to believe in Caroline. To betray a friend was despicable - to acknowledge that he had done so for a woman who was utterly unworthy

Mary Jo Putney

#6. Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.

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#7. But when you live, that's when you have to think about tomorrow and the next day.

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#8. Republicans simply don't know how to manage the economy.

Lyndon B. Johnson

#9. The truth will set u free but first it will piss u off

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#10. I wonder if it will rain after we die. When you kill yourself, you don't know what happens next, afterward.

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#11. Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me.
I never thought I was worth saving.

Albert Borris

#12. You okay?"
Just waiting for the water to boil. Burning shower. One of the only things that helps when I'm totally freaking out."
I'm not sure how to respond. "So," I whisper, "you want anything?"
Yeah," She replies, sarcastic "I want to be bulimic, but the vomit grosses me out.

Albert Borris

#13. I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film.

Alec Soth

#14. Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, "You can't tell me that worry doesn't help. The things I worry about never happen."

Boyd K. Packer

#15. I suppose it doesn't matter what form love takes, maybe you just need to take it when it comes.

Albert Borris

#16. One of the things that therapists do if you are suicidal, like a trick, is ask you about the future. They want to know what your plans are. Do you want to be the president? Do you want to be a rock star? They want to know if you want to live later even if you want to die now.

Albert Borris

#17. I know why you picked her," Frank says, still sitting on the grass. "She's like you, sort of. A writer. Unhappy. Wishing she had someone who understood her. That's what killed her- being lonely.

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#18. The way he says my name like that, it's not just a word or name, it's a caress.

Belle Aurora

#19. He said if you do what you have to do today, all the tomorrows have a way of working things out by themselves.

Albert Borris

#20. He said something I remember very clearly. Self esteem is overrated. Anyone will think they color great if enough people tell them. Artificial praise. Down inside, compliments like that are hollow.

Albert Borris

#21. I imagine that she's looking at the stars and thinking about how small and insignificant we are down here. We're little ants on a pebble, hurtling through space.

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#22. Don't fear the unknown. Embrace the opportunity. Failure is not permanent it is the essence of learning.

W. Brett Wilson

#23. For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

Dalai Lama

#24. I can feel the hurt. There's something good about it. Mostly it makes me stop remembering.

Albert Borris

#25. My Top Ten Reasons To Live
10. Stars in a really dark sky
9. Driving across the country
8. Nirvana
7. My mom
6. Our dog pack
5. Gay bingo
4. Mud fights
3. Kissing
2. Magic marker tattoos
1. Pink socks

Albert Borris