Josh Silver > Quotes

“Virginia Woolf would have loved Grindr.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“Underneath, we are all connected. And that is love. That is the place where peace is found. It is in knowing that we are all the same.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“They glance at each other. It is only for a brief moment, but I notice the look between them. The smiles they exchange. Coy, understanding, flirtatious. I realize there is something in this second that I can't understand. An understanding born from a history, a history I do not know, a history of the forbidden, that appears to make the exchange all the more exciting. They both know, in their bones, that the look between them is theirs only.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“I saw a generation of young people struggling against the world and systems that they found themselves within and controlled by. The internet. School. Exams. The media. The pressure to be something, to look a certain way. To succeed at all costs. A particular notion of success was prescribed, given to them, fed to them. I saw this as a problem that was getting increasingly worse. They were suffering.”
― Josh Silver, HappyHead

“I try to hide my hairy hobbit toes as we make our way to the beanbags.”
― Josh Silver, HappyHead

“Why do I always forget about the zombies?`
He shakes his head. `You should never forget about the zombies.”
― Josh Silver, Traumaland

“To be happy means to be free and to be free means to be brave.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“Go gay. Gay sells.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think –”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“Also – always remember: gay is in. Go gay. It’s cool now. It sells. However – here is the gold dust – the perfect blend is gay AND sad.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“I’ve learnt a lot about resentments over the past year. I’ve been told they’re like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“TWATS: A POEM There are twats
Everywhere.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“want to tell you this”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“We are all the same”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“She sliced like a knife through everything.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“He told me he thinks that me being away from the office for the past two weeks has contributed to the loss of the project.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“The pain is a gift. It’s a window to yourself. I know how that sounds – I do – but I like it. There’s a destination.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“surface.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“You don’t know what’s best for you, Mal, we’re agreed on that.”
― Josh Silver, Fruit Fly

“They think we don´t see.
We see everything.”
― Josh Silver, Traumaland