Rudy Francisco Quotes & Sayings

The human heart beats approximately 4,000 times per hour and each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words 'you are still alive.' You are still alive. Act like it. — Rudy Francisco

I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we'd only find yours. — Rudy Francisco

You want to know how I got these scars. I swallowed my pride and then it crawled its way out of my mouth. — Rudy Francisco

My definition of love is being robbed in an alley eight times in a row and hoping that there's something about today that makes all of this different. — Rudy Francisco

Instead of asking
why they left,
now I ask,
what beauty will I create
in the space the no longer
occupy? — Rudy Francisco

I loved you the same way that I learned how to ride a bike: Scared ... but reckless. — Rudy Francisco

Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing. — Rudy Francisco

I heard that karma is vengeful and is also a light sleeper. So I've chosen to love you like this.
Quietly. — Rudy Francisco

I'm learning that everything doesn't always come back the way you send it. Sometimes, love is more brick and less boomerang. — Rudy Francisco

I hate you, but I still I miss you, and a part of me still loves you. — Rudy Francisco

Never ever forget that you are a constellation and I have owned a telescope since the day I was born. — Rudy Francisco

She is my musician, and me, I'm her favorite song. — Rudy Francisco

My biggest fear is forgetting why I fell in love with writing. My biggest dream is never allowing that to happen. — Rudy Francisco

My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors
And trying to convince my shadow that I'm someone worth following — Rudy Francisco

Pour yourself into me and I will not let a drop of you hit the ground. — Rudy Francisco

I write best when I am either, falling in love, or falling apart. — Rudy Francisco

I'm still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for. — Rudy Francisco

I swear that when our lips touch, I can taste the next 60 years of my life. — Rudy Francisco

Some say, don't burn your bridges.

I say, if necessary,
let the kerosene
kiss it on the lips,

and watch it
turn to ash.

There's always more than one way
to cross the water. — Rudy Francisco

Aren't we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they'll tell us that we make sense? — Rudy Francisco

I love you in a language that I don't fully understand. In words that I haven't found enough courage to forklift out of my chest. — Rudy Francisco

Dear Hands, I get it. You like writing poetry. But you can't bring a metaphor to a gunfight. — Rudy Francisco