Misha Collins > Quotes

“The point of art is to inspire you to create your own.”
― Misha Collins

“Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.”
― Misha Collins

“I want to live in a world where "normal" is an insult.”
― Misha Collins

“When you were swimming in the lake of life,
You thrashed and kicked up your head,
Your arms slapped the surface waves and water foam.
But there’s a calm and glassy stillness In the quiet of your death,
And I can see far down
To the depths of you
That I never knew to love.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Reading your note, at our table, in my voice,
I heard you were ready to accept my love,
Which, of course, changes everything.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“I ran toward it all, thinking the destruction might purify me.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Only schizophrenics
See the beauty here.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“When you were swimming in the lake of life,
You thrashed and kicked up your head,
Your arms slapped the surface waves and water foam.
But there’s a calm and glassy stillness
In the quiet of your death,
And I can see far down
To the depths of you
That I never knew to love.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.”
― Misha Collins

“But I noticed a tightening in my chest,
A closing off and wanting rest,
So I said, "no," and read instead
A poem I had written lying there in bed.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“But the truth is, I write mostly
In the mornings, drinking tea,
And, when I write, I am writing
Mostly just for me.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Today, I am not absolved, I am not purified. I am the only runner in these hills.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems