Shannon Mullen

Quotes

• “When you’re in the wild, there’s nothing to hide behind. No bars or credit cards or movie theatres or cell phones or cre...”
• “We’re lost in each other, in the heart of Toronto, slow dancing to nothing but the beat of my heart and the sound of her...”
• “A bus drives past and I’m nauseated by a whiff of exhaust. Then rotting fish. The rancid stench of sewage. Is it garbage...”
• “Perhaps love in the digital age is more like Netflix binge-watching: we enjoy bursts of fantasy, and then move on to som...”
• “Sleeping is much safer than the nightmare I’m living. When I sleep I feel nothing and I do nothing and I see nothing and...”
• “It’s hopeless, trying to recruit a stranger to help me find someone who’s a stranger to him. But then again, we are all ...”
• “The idea to go West just fell into my lap from the sky. Go west, young man. That’s how the best ideas happen. Just out o...”
• “Maybe love’s more than the daily comforts: more than morning coffees and flowers and notes in my lunch bag and holding h...”
• “As I accept the flowers, I release my grip on the balloons, and they bounce gently against the ceiling the way they did ...”
• “Somehow I find the energy to continue the run. Part of the high that comes after finishing a long run is overcoming the ...”
• “Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like mo...”
• “I guess love distorts our perception of reality, and it’s even harder to recognize the truth when it’s buried underneath...”
• “I guess all the time I spend on social media has made me believe that love exists above the surface, that it’s supposed ...”
• “The forest is blanketed by the greenest ferns and moss and bonsai-like trees, a wild majesty that beckons hobbits and pi...”
• “Of course her dumb Lab’s going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is compani...”
• “The west coast is a mecca for wild hearts, wild minds, wild spirits and I’m a WMD—I’ve got so much energy I’m about to e...”
• “Her eyes remind me of the Pacific: Raging. Fearless. Restless.”
• “Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.”
• “Maybe the truth doesn’t exist if you look the other way.”
• “Sometimes you just gotta accept that hope is gone.”
• “She can’t worry. She can’t ‘fix.’ She can’t love.”
• “Family is the most important thing in this life.”
• “Suddenly, I’m lighter, only half of who I was.”
• “Is there such a thing as being too happy?”
• “In a way, we’re all addicts by nature.”
• “Can I Tinder swipe for cat cuddles?”
• “Sometimes our heroes let us down.”
• “Can you revive wilted tulips?”