Andrea Gibson Quotes

United States, Poet
August 13, 1975

Andrea Gibson is an American poet and activist from Calais, Maine, who has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Their poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and the struggles LGBTQ people face in today's society.

Also known as Activist

Sometimes the break in your heart is like the hole in the flute. Sometimes it’s the place where the music comes through.

Andrea Gibson
- Music
- Heart
- Comes
I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like.

Andrea Gibson
- Ocean
- Kiss
- Storm

We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction.

Andrea Gibson
When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain.

Andrea Gibson
- Heart
- Broken
- Seeds
Commit to loving yourself completely. It’s the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime.

Andrea Gibson
- Yourself
- Lifetime
- Loving
I don't have a single plan for my life more important than learning to love people well.

Andrea Gibson
- People
- Love
- Plan
I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday and tonight I will borrow only pieces of who I am today to carry with me to tomorrow.

Andrea Gibson
- Today
- Living
- Tomorrow
You keep worrying you’re taking up too much space. I wish you’d let yourself be the milky way.

Andrea Gibson
- Space
- Taking
- Worrying

Everyone’s chest is a living room wall with awkwardly placed photographs hiding fist-shaped holes.

Andrea Gibson
- Everyone
- Hiding
- Chest
You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are.

Andrea Gibson
- Courage
- Stars
- Shine