Josh James Riebock Quotes

“I want love without drama, romance without pain. I want intimacy without vulnerability. I want a guarantee. I want something that doesnt exist. Maybe we all do. Maybe we're all chasing unicorns.”

— Josh James Riebock

“Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language of the survivor.”

— Josh James Riebock

“I suppose we all hit a point when no one has to describe fear & confusion for us anymore, a point when life carves it into us.”

— Josh James Riebock

“I dont understand, but understanding something isnt a prerequisite to feeling it. We dont have to understand things in order to be affected by them.”

— Josh James Riebock

“I know now that a friend isn't someone who lets us be ourselves. No! A friend is someone who will die to keep us from becoming anyone else, someone who fights for us against a world that is constantly trying to shrink us into shelved canisters labeled "how you're supposed to be." A friend does everything possible to make sure we become who we are made to be-nothing less, nothing more.”

— Josh James Riebock

“How the parts of me disagree, it's a wonder this body doesn't shatter.”

— Josh James Riebock

“Knowledge and belief are sometimes worlds apart.”

— Josh James Riebock

“He knows how to make me laugh & sometimes there's no better way to love someone than that.”

— Josh James Riebock

“Hide your quirks and you're a Volvo.”

— Josh James Riebock

If you don't know what you want to fill your life with, there's a good chance you're going to fill it with everything that you don't-

— Josh James Riebock

“He says that this world is part heaven and part hell, and that every second, inside of me and out, I'm standing at the convergence of the two, at the corner of damned and divine.”

— Josh James Riebock

“Often, the best stories aren't when someone pulls one 180-degree turn, but when someone pulls 180 one-degree turns: the stories when someone experiences a slow and, at times, indistinguishable evolution; the stories where a million tiny steps produce something so brilliant; the stories where perseverance and struggle go hand in hand.”

— Josh James Riebock