Rudy Francisco is a famous poet. He became the National Underground Poetry Slam Champion in 2009.
Best Rudy Francisco Quotes
Pour yourself into me and I will not let a drop of you hit the ground. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we’d only find yours. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Maybe this whole time, I already had the things I’ve been asking others to give me. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I write best when I am either, falling in love, or falling apart. ~ 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.
The most destructive instruments can still create a melody worth dancing to. ~ Rudy Francisco.
They now know solitude does not scare people like us and our absence is something that we are not afraid to give to those who call for it. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Trying to convince my shadow that I am someone worth following. ~ Rudy Francisco.
She is my musician, and me, I’m her favorite song. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Failure is when you talk yourself out of becoming something amazing. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Being black is one of the most extreme sports in America. We don’t need to invent new ways of risking our lives because the old ones have been working for decades. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Rudy Francisco Love Quotes
He sketches you as the antagonist and suddenly his transgressions become deleted scenes. He blames you for his sadness. And this is how the wolf cries boy. ~ Rudy Francisco, Helium.
I loved you the same way that I learned how to ride a bike: Scared… but reckless. ~ 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.
My biggest fear is forgetting why I fell in love with writing. My biggest dream is never allowing that to happen. ~ 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 hate you, but I still I miss you, and a part of me still loves you. ~ Rudy Francisco.
You want to know how I got these scars? I ripped every last piece of you out of my smile. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Why Did You Leave? Because you wouldn’t let me love both of us at the same time. ~ Rudy Francisco.
How beautiful it is to grind yourself into sand, offer the grain of you to anyone willing to listen. Hoping they will carry your debris into places you’ll never go. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Top Rudy Francisco Quotes
Never ever forget that you are a constellation and I have owned a telescope since the day I was born. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I promise I will love you as if it’s the only thing I’ve ever done correctly. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they’ll tell us that we make sense? ~ Rudy Francisco.
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 take my compliments the same way I take my coffee. I don’t drink coffee. ~ Rudy Francisco.
If I could I would nail these hands to the edges of stars. I would sacrifice this body to the sky hoping to resurrect as someone spiteful enough to not care about you. ~ Rudy Francisco.
They now know solitude does not scare people like us. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Youth promises us immortality, but doesn’t have the means to uphold its end of the bargain. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I’m just sorry that she had to be your fortune cookie. Broken so you could learn a lesson you already should’ve known. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Popular Rudy Francisco Quotes
My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors and trying to convince my shadow that I’m someone worth following. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for. ~ Rudy Francisco.
When you choose to be a poet, you become a place that people walk through and then leave when they are ready. ~ Rudy Francisco.
The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Jim Crow may have left the nest but our streets are still covered in his feathers. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Remember, every year two million people die of dehydration. So it doesn’t matter if the glass is half full or half empty. There’s water in the cup. Drink it and stop complaining. ~ Rudy Francisco.
Some days I forget that my skin is not a panic room. ~ Rudy Francisco.
I wonder how long it will take the planet to tell us we can’t live here and the locks are changed. ~ 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.
Famous Rudy Francisco Quotes
I am learning that the difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground. ~ 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.
I swear that when our lips touch, I can taste the next 60 years of my life. ~ 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.
So these were the top 45 Rudy Francisco quotes on life and poetry.
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