Shane Koyczan Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. May 22, 1976
Birthday: May 22
I'm not the only kid who grew up this way, surrounded by people who used to say that rhyme about sticks and stones, as if broken bones hurt more than the names we got called, and we got called them all. So we grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us, that we'd be lonely forever, that we'd never meet someone to make us feel like the sun was something they built for us in their toolshed. So broken heartstrings bled the blues, and we tried to empty ourselves so we'd feel nothing. Don't tell me that hurts less than a broken bone...
source: "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013. 
topic: Lonely, Hurt, Falling In Love, Sticks And Stones, Broken Bone, Heart Strings
